Computer Audio Design at 2026 AXPONA Show

PRESS RELEASE: Computer Audio Design (CAD) are delighted to be attending the 2026 AXPONA Show in Chicago to showcase a selection of their ground-breaking products, designed to deliver remarkable sonic performance to the digital music listener.

The Show, which this year will be held on 10th to 12th April at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL, is A global gathering of manufacturers, dealers, distributors, audio enthusiasts, music lovers and media, that aims to foster the growth of the high-end audio industry and cultivate the enjoyment of high-fidelity sound.

CAD’s founder and designer Scott Berry will be on hand to demonstrate the difference that the brand’s products can make to the performance of a digital music system, to discuss some of the science behind his innovations and to answer questions.

Among the products on show will be:

1543 (DAC) MkIII

CAD’s MkIII edition of its multi-award winning 1543 Digital-to-Analogue Converter (DAC) combines the essence of the original design with additional technologies emerging from the company’s ground-breaking advances in tackling high-frequency noise in digital audio. Key to its superb, distinctive sound quality is CAD’s ongoing commitment to the use of vintage resistor ladder DAC integrated circuits, along with no oversampling and no filtering, which Berry firmly believes delivers a sonic performance that is rare in digital audio – one that is tangibly closer to the original performance.

At the same time, Berry equally believes that power supplies are the most important part of any DAC design and this is the main focus of the MkIII update, which features completely new power supply designs and integrated power conditioning. All five independent power supplies, which drive both digital and analogue circuitry, have been redesigned from the bottom up, including new transformer topologies, offering superior dynamics and clarity, improved low frequency response, and enhanced energy, pace, timing and musicality, all while retaining the non-fatiguing sound that is the hallmark of the CAD 1543 DAC.

The CAD 1543 MkIII DAC is plug-and-play with most servers on the market and a driver is available for Windows based devices.

Full system noise controls

Reducing unwanted high frequency noise in a hi-fi system audibly improves the system’s sound quality. CAD has pioneered a portfolio of highly effective solutions to the problem, including the Ground Control range, USB Control, Ethernet Control and USB Cable.

The frequency of unwanted noise varies in every audio system and in each domestic environment – and will even vary at different times of day in the case of mains power. CAD’s innovations are designed to reduce this unwanted high frequency noise across an extremely broad frequency spectrum, from KHz up into the GHz range.

These multi-award winning accessories can be used either individually or in tandem to minimise unwanted noise from your audio system, significantly enhancing the system’s sonic performance.

Why not join CAD in Room 364 at this year’s AXPONA Show and hear the difference for yourself?

Show details and tickets: https://axpona.com

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Computer Audio Design at 2026 AXPONA Show