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16bit DAC with 3x coaxial & 1x toslink optical inputs (No remote or comms connection)
Dual differential delta sigma, 64 times oversampled at 2 bits per channel giving 19 bits resolution.

3x Digital audio unbalanced
1x AES/EBU balanced via XLR
1x Toslink optical

Both unbalanced and balanced outputs.

Was factory upgradable to 24bit (All they do is replaced the motherboard internally with a 566.24 and remove the comms connectors from the board)
Documents
563 User Manual (7,494.6kb)
 
Photos (view all)
563 Front (15.5kb)
563 Inside (74.8kb)
563 Inside (close up) (144.2kb)
563 Inside front panel (213.7kb)
563 Rear panel (39.9kb)
563 Rear view (80.6kb)
563 Three-quarter front view (114.4kb)
 
Reviews
500 563 Review - Hi Fi News Jan 1994 (931.9kb)
500 563 Review - What Hi-Fi Feb 1994 (1,016.9kb)
500 563 Review Audiophile Jan 1994 (1,861.9kb)
500 563 Review; Hi Fi Choice August 1994 (462.8kb)
500 563 Review; Hi Fi Choice Sept 1994 (341.7kb)
563 Review; Hi-Fi Choice February 1994 (424.6kb)
 
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