Prism Sound Lyra 2 Reference-Grade USB Audio Interface

The Prism Sound Lyra 2 is a two channel, ultra high quality USB interface. Lyra 2 uses state-of-the-art clock generation with proprietary hybrid 2-stage DPLL, making sure you get the clearest path on the A/D converter. Lyra 2 can record up to 24-bit/192 kHz audio.

The front panel is a simple, yet powerful design, with two Hi-Z inputs for easy ¼” access, a color LED display showing you XLR, Line Level, and Digital inputs, the meter can also be switched to show output from your recording studio's DAW. A large volume knob is easily accessible, along with the new high-drive independent headphone output.

The rear panel is where all the magic happens. Equipped with an XLR input, as well as independent line inputs per channel. Additional I/O can be added through the Optical connection, allowing up to 10 channels of audio. Four line outs are available for monitoring, sends to a cue system, or external processing units. Digital inputs are also available such as S/PDIF on the RCA/phono and TOSLINK connectors. An ethernet connection with low-latency AVB capability, and the option to sync Lyra 2 to an external clock.

Features:

• No-compromise, full Prism Sound audio quality
• Class compliant (UAC2) USB interface
• ASIO and WDM drivers for Windows (32 and 64bit)
• Native CORE AUDIO on Mac OS X
• UAC2 operation on Linux (no control panel support)
• Ethernet interface with low-latency AVB capability
• Two Prism Sound premium-quality AD channels
• Two high-end integrated microphone preamps (typ. -130 dBu EIN)
• Microphone inputs have switchable phantom power and 20dB pads
• MS matrix on microphone inputs
• Two high-impedance front panel instrument inputs
• Prism Sound "Overkillers" to gracefully control transient overloads
• Four Prism Sound premium-quality DA channels, plus independent stereo headphone DA
• Outputs selectable between workstation bus or Lyra mixer
• New high-drive headphone output with front-panel volume control
• Digital I/O
• S/PDIF on RCA/phono and TOSLINK connectors
• S/PDIF stereo or ADAT 8 channel I/O supported on TOSLINK optical connectors
• AES3 mode with I/O via RCA/XLR adaptor
• Built in high-quality sample rate conversion
• Prism Sound SNS noise shaping on digital outputs (4 curves)
• Word-clock sync I/O
• Low-latency "console-quality" digital mixer for foldback monitoring
• Fader, pan, cut, solo on every mixer channel
• Front-panel master volume control, assignable to selected channels
• State-of-the-art clock generation with proprietary hybrid 2-stage DPLL
• Fully-floating (isolated) balanced architecture for optimum noise rejection