TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Proprietary, firmware driven conversion process with 1520kHz PCM and DSD1024 (both software limited)
- No silicon anywhere in signal path past the conversion stage
- Silver wiring inside
- Copper sheet, true metal sheet capacitors in the signal path
- CNC milled chassis, No-screw design.
- 6SN7 conversion tubes
- KT88 output driver tubes
- Volume control of the highest possible caliber in every unit, featuring a full bypass function
- All units are trully ballanced and SE at the same time
- Zero feedback, neither local nor global
- Zero opamps
- Tube rectified power supply
- Hundreds of tube rolling combinations.
- Taiko XDMI interface
PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS :
- Weight: 33 kg / 70 lbs net, 50 kg / 110 lbs gross
- Dimensions without tubes: 440 mm W x 550 mm D x 170 mm H (height with tubes 290 mm)
- Digital inputs: 1 x USB, 1 x S/PDIF RCA, 1 x AES/EBU, 1 x TOSLINK, 3 x i2s, 1x Taiko XDMI
- 1 x analog input RCA, 1 x analog input XLR fully balanced
- 1 x analog output pair RCA and 1 x XLR balanced output and 1 x XLR subwoofer output - unfiltered)
- Output level: 0DB full level @3V peak sinus 1 kHz m per phase, 6V p-p for balanced
- Mains 110-115 - 220 - 230 - 240 V AC / power consumption 80 VA
- Colors: (sorry: no gold, no anodizing, no car paint (like Mazda Red)
- Matt Black Hole
- Silver Sahara (very light, cold, aluminum-look grey with specs of shiny dust)
- The dust cover plate around the tubes on top can be ordered in these colors:
- Copper - for the famous "Duracell look"
- Stainless steel mirror-like chrome look
- Black Hole black matt
- Silver Sahara to match
- Semi Translucent Red
- These above top colors can be mixed and matched with the two basic body colors (for example black body with Sahara Silver top plate)
- Packing in custom hand made flight case
TUBE COMPLIMENT:
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1 x 5U4G rectifier or equivalent, 274B, 5Y3, 5C3S, GZ34, GZ37, GZ480, 5AR4WGB
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2 x 6SN7GT or adapter fitted 6N1P, ECC99, ECC40, VT99, 6F8G, ECC88, 6922, 6DJ9, E88CC, 6900, 12BH7, 5687, 6111
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4 x EL34 or 6V6, 6L6, KT66, KT88, KT90, KT120, 6550, 5881 kt150 KT170
Remote Control - CNC milled metal "slab" remote, new model with AA batteries
Footers: non exchangable but with M5 provision of threaded footer mounting holes
Display: 2-digit Nixie display - shows volume and input number, startup countdown
DSD: 512x, PCM: 768k
Warranty : Standard warranty is 3 years (excluding tubes), Can be extended to 5 years or Lifetime