Parasound has introduced the Zdac, a 192 kHz digital to analog converter that the company says enhances the audio quality of digital music files from computers via USB, or from a CD player, Sonos or other digital media players via optical or coaxial digital connections. It uses what Parasound calls Clockflawless, a new method to eliminate jitter that was invented by Holm Acoustics in Denmark. Supposedly it preserves the source signal in bit-perfect form, while completely restoring the timing information in the stream of the original recording. Parasound also says that all timing errors introduced and accumulated during the transport phase are removed for SPDIF and optical as well as USB.

The Parasound Zdac accepts 24-bit word lengths and all sampling rates up to 192kHz on SPIF and optical and 96kHz on USB. Signals are reclocked and then upsampled to 422kHz and output through gold-plated RCA jacks or balanced XLR outputs.

The Parasound Zdac is available in the traditional Z-Series black rack-mount configuration and the new Z-Series silver finish without rack tabs. Both versions are one rack-space high and a half-rack in width. The black Zdac is 9.5 inches wide and the silver Zdac is a bit smaller at 8.5 inches wide. Both of them list for $475.

It’s not on the company’s website yet, but when it is, it’ll be here.