Border Patrol SPDIF SE
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About the Border Patrol SPDIF SE
The BorderPatrol DAC SE S/PDIF is a single-input Special Edition digital-to-analog converter from BorderPatrol Audio Electronics. It is a minimalist non-oversampling (NOS) R-2R design built around the Philips TDA1543 DAC chip, with no digital filtering and no active output buffer. The S/PDIF version accepts a coaxial S/PDIF digital input and provides a stereo pair of unbalanced RCA analog outputs. Its SE specification adds BorderPatrol’s twin-transformer power-supply arrangement, an ELNA Cerafine power-supply capacitor, and film-and-foil signal coupling capacitors. The power supply is a hybrid tube/solid-state, choke-input-filter design using an EZ80 rectifier along with high-speed, low-noise diodes and RC snubbing. Published material identifies the current equivalent as the SE-i S/PDIF model; the older DAC SE S/PDIF is no longer listed as a current standalone model.
Specifications
Digital Audio
DAC capabilities and digital audio processing
- Bit Depth
- 24-bit
- Max Sample Rate
- 96 kHz
- DSD Support
- none
- MQA Support
- No
- DAC Chip
- Phillips TDA1543 R2R
Connectivity
Input and output connections
- Bluetooth
- No
- Wi-Fi
- No
- Ethernet
- No
- Digital Inputs
- SPDIF (COAX), USB
- Analog Inputs
- RCA
- Analog Outputs
- RCA
Physical Dimensions
Size, weight, and appearance
- Dimensions
- 226 × 173 × 78 mm (W × H × D)
- Weight
- 3.6 kg (8 lbs)
- Available Colors
- copper
Never published
- Analog Output — the maker never published this. Checked 15 sources on 7 Sept 2026
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