Fezz Audio Equinox DAC

The Equinox is a tube digital-to-analog converter, built around a 12AU7 valve output stage and developed under license with Lampizator — the Polish maker whose name is synonymous with tube digital at the high end. Equinox brings that house’s sensibility to a far more accessible price. For the listener who wants the warmth and dimensionality of a tube output stage on digital sources without a five-figure outlay, Equinox is the most direct route, and a natural tonal match for the rest of a Fezz Audio system.

A digital-to-analog converter turns the digital signal from a streamer, computer, or transport into the analog signal an amplifier can use, and the analog output stage is where the converter’s character is decided. Equinox places a 12AU7 tube in that output stage, which is what gives a Fezz DAC its body and ease rather than the flatter presentation many solid-state converters share. The Lampizator relationship is a genuine, licensed collaboration, not a styling reference — Lampizator built its reputation on tube digital, and Equinox carries that engineering thinking.

12AU7 Tube Output Stage. A 12AU7 valve in the analog output stage gives Equinox the tonal body and dimensionality of tube digital — the quality the rest of a Fezz system is built around.

Developed with Lampizator. Equinox is developed under license with Lampizator, the Polish high-end specialist in tube digital-to-analog conversion — that house’s approach, at a Fezz price.

Finishes. The Fezz colored steel chassis is a signature of the brand, and Equinox is offered across the full Fezz Audio color range — Black Ice, Sunlight, Big Calm, Burning Red, Moonlight, Evergreen, and Republika — so the DAC can be chosen to suit the room it will live in. Black Ice and Sunlight are the standard stocked finishes; the others are built to order as a special order, so please allow up to 12 weeks for delivery.

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Specifications

• Type: Tube digital-to-analog converter
• Output tube: 12AU7 (one)
• Development: Developed under license with Lampizator
• Supplied with: Remote control, protective tube cage