Introducing the Dethonray DTR1 ”prelude” to Europe

Dethonray is gaining the attention of the Head-Fi community and Audiophiles all over the world with the DTR1 ”prelude”. The people behind this new brand already (co) developed many digital audio players, for different very well known brands in the past.

Some examples of the first experiences by reviewers

Alex from twister6.com, did an extensive review with comparisons with TOTL DAP’s like the Lotoo Paw Gold and matching with full-size over-ears like the very fine matching MEZE EMPYREAN with the DTR1 Prelude by Dethonray

Meze Empyrean – while the soundstage still remains more oval-shaped due to it being wider than deeper, the depth is a little further out of your head. The tonality is very natural, detailed, non-fatigue, with a very balanced signature, deep low end, layered natural mids, and crisp and airy treble. The sound is quite revealing and yet still very natural. DTR1 had no problem driving these planar magnetic cans to their full potential like I’m used to with desktop amps.

From head-fi.org

I was truly blown away with how clean and transparent is the sound.

from audiofool.reviews

The DTR1 sounds better to me than the AK240 and WM1A both of which are recognized as the DAPs to beat, and both of which cost nearly 3 times more.

The Dethonray approach

With such an extensive experience in developing components like the OS, GUI, power circuitry, digital part as well as amplifiers and complete Digital Audio Players, Dethontray choose a somewhat different approach.

At the Dethonray website, there is more in-depth information about these design choices like:

Dethonray wrote their own version of a deeply-customized Linux OS audio sub-system, performing at 30% higher in efficiency than the ALSA audio sub-system.
Advanced dual clean power circuitry to ensure Separate power for decoding and amplifying
The Dethonray DTR1 is shielded from EMI disturbance by the beautifully precision-machined aviation grade, light-weight aluminum alloy body.

Specifications:

DIMENSIONS	H100 W56 D16.4 (mm)
COLOR	Black
BATTERY ENDURANCE	10 hours
OUTPUTS	Line-out & Earphone
FORMAT SUPPORTED	WAV，FLAC，WMA，MP3，APE
	AAC，ALAC，AIFF, DFF/DSF, OGG
SAMPLE RATE SUPPORTED	44.1/48/88.2/96/176.4/192 kHz
MICRO CARD SUPPORTED	2T
FREQUENCY RESPONSE	20Hz – 20kHz
PERFORMANCE	SNR 117db
	THD 0.008%
MAX. POWER OUTPUT	1.7Vrms+R：1.7Vrms+L (16Ω)