D-1

The 2025 Create the Future Design Contest, organized by SAE Media Group, featured over 600 entries from 67 countries.

John La Grou won the $25,000 Grand Prize for his HDR-A Dual Path audio technology, implemented in the D-1 DAC.

HDR-A achieves a 170dB dynamic range, surpassing the 130dB limit of current top converters, with a 40 nVrms noise floor.