La famiglia di interfacce USB Lyra offre la qualità e le performance tipiche Prism Sound a prezzi più contenuti. Lyra basa il suo design ed il circuito di conversione AD/DA su Orpheus, ma si presenta come un sistema più compatto, pensato per chi non necessita di 8 canali I/O analogici. Ne esistono due modelli: Lyra 1 e Lyra 2, il primo modello si propone come versione basic, mentre il secondo offre un superiore numero di I/O, una porta ethernet e wordclock I/O. Lyra impiega il nuovo DSP “XCore” basato su ARM Cortex, per il collegamento a DAW supporta USB e Ethernet AVB e dispone di un sistema di mix on-board come Orpheus.
Lyra 2 in brief
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. -130dBu 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