{"product_id":"denafrips-hermes-15th-ddc-digital-to-digital-converter","title":"DENAFRIPS HERMES 15TH DDC (Digital to Digital Converter)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eDENAFRIPS Hermes 15th Anniversary Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e is a mid-to-high-end Digital-to-Digital Converter (DDC) engineered to cleanse, reclock, and reformat digital audio bitstreams for reference-grade DACs. Celebrating DENAFRIPS' 15th anniversary, this updated model replaces the original steel enclosure with a precision CNC-machined, fine-brushed anodized aluminum chassis, offering vastly superior vibration damping, electromagnetic shielding, and thermal management.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt its core, the Hermes 15th utilizes a proprietary \u003cstrong\u003eFPGA DSP Processing Architecture\u003c\/strong\u003e paired with a FIFO buffer system and dual Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillators (OCXO) for ultra-low-jitter clock re-timing. 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