HIFIMAN Goldenwave SERENADE Jr | Desktop Streaming DAC/Amp

Serenade Jr Distills the Essence of HIFIMAN's Serenade Into a More Accessible, Compact Form Bringing R2R Warmth and Class A Power to Your Desk

• Premium, yet affordable entry to the acclaimed Serenade line
• Hymalaya LE R2R DAC delivers pure, natural digital-to-analog conversion with true R2R ladder precision
• Discrete pure Class A headphone amplifier circuitry for powerful sound
• Features the legendary FET operational amp with discrete component LPF analog circuit
• Acts as a streaming bridge for NAS file playback or stream music directly from your favorite app

Features

Hymalaya LE R-2R DAC
The HIMALAYA LE is HiFiMAN’s affordable take on their in-house R2R DAC design, offering smooth, natural sound with true resistor-ladder architecture. Though it trades some technical refinement compared to the flagship HIMALAYA Pro, it retains the rich, analog-like character R2R is known for, making it an ideal choice for compact, high-performance systems like the Serenade Jr.

Legendary Amp
SERENADE Jr features the legendary FET operational amplifier, with a discrete component LPF analog circuit that translates into detailed sound with high-precision, low-noise test indicators.

The bold design of the entire signal path eliminates coupling capacitors, removing nonlinear distortion caused by electrolytic capacitors, leaving only pure, full range sonic output.

Class A Headphone Amp Circuitry
The SERENADE Jr amp circuit is based on a Class A design, supplemented by a precisely matched, fully discrete transistor amplifier circuit, so that the amp circuit inherits the noble tone of the Prelude Amp, for less than $3,000.

Transformer: The Foundation of Full-Range Sound
The 50w toroidal transformer, surrounded by oxygen-free copper wire, is comprised of high-quality full-band iron core, combined with a large pond filter capacitor of nearly 30,000 microfarads and a multi-stage, multi-channel, low-noise, high-speed voltage regulator circuit, providing a pure and fast power supply.

A Wide Selection of Source Options

• Bridge to play files stored on a local NAS
• Streaming music from your favorite apps
• Traditional DAC & headphone amplifier mode