Burl Audio B80-BDA8-NG — an 8-channel DAC daughter card for the modular B80 and B16 Mothership converter systems, built on the class-A signal path derived from the B2 Bomber DAC. The card installs into a Mothership card slot and does not function as a standalone unit.
Digital-to-analog conversion runs through discrete BOPA14 NextGen Analog op-amps, with no integrated circuits or capacitors anywhere in the signal path. It supports sample rates from 44.1kHz to 192kHz at 24-bit resolution, with a dynamic range of 115dB.
Analog character instead of digital sterility
Many mix engineers know the problem of converters that measure well on paper but sound flat and fatiguing over long sessions. The BDA8-NG addresses this with class-A BOPA14 op-amps and a capacitor-free signal path, reducing phase distortion. The result is a wider stereo image, more depth, and preservation of the source's original tonal balance, without added coloration or the sterile character typical of budget converters.
Precise integration in large-format systems
Running multiple input and output cards inside one Mothership chassis introduces the risk of inter-channel phase offsets, especially when integrating with Pro Tools. The BDA8-NG addresses this through Avid delay matching, which aligns latency against other cards in the system, along with jumper-selectable DAC filter options. The card fits any of the ten slots in a B80 or B16 chassis, letting engineers scale a system from a handful of channels up to eighty without extra word clock wiring.
KEY FEATURES
- 8-channel digital-to-analog conversion (DAC)
- DSUB (DB25) connector for eight output channels
- Discrete class-A BOPA14 NextGen Analog op-amps
- Zero capacitors in the signal path
- Avid delay matching
- Jumper-selectable DAC filter options
- Signal path derived from the B2 Bomber DAC
- Compatible with B80 and B16 Mothership chassis
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Channel count: 8 (DAC)
- Connector: DSUB (DB25)
- Sample rate: 44.1kHz to 192kHz
- Resolution: 24-bit
- Frequency response at 48kHz: 10Hz to 22kHz, +/- 0.1dB
- Frequency response at 96kHz: 10Hz to 30kHz, +/- 0.1dB, -0.3dB at 40kHz
- Frequency response at 192kHz: 10Hz to 30kHz, +/- 0.1dB, -1.5dB at 90kHz
- Dynamic range: 115dB
- THD+N: -96dB at full scale +22dBU
- Op-amps: discrete, class-A, BOPA14
- Build: Made in USA
- Required chassis: B80 or B16 Mothership (card slot)
