inot ADC is a state-of-the art A/D converter which outputs any PCM/DSD format and interfaces to a computer for recording wav/dsf/dff files via USB. It also connects directly to the Merlot DAC via fiber-optic ST cable for native playback monitoring. Pinot is the ultimate tool to convert all your analog sources (tape/vinyl) to the highest quality digital format possible. The same recording software provided with the Merlot DAC is used with Pinot. List price is $7500.
Design philosophy: Based on Andreas Koch’s digital design experience at Studer, Sony, Dolby Labs and others, FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays) are used instead of off-the-shelf chips, which impede the ultimate jitter and filter performance when recovering the musical delicacy and power of analog recordings. All algorithms are programmable and updateable by the end user. The results of two years of intense research and unique no-compromise circuit designs are now condensed in this remarkable new product that quite possibly could become one of the finest recording devices.
