Monday, October 29, 2012

Setup: Venture Ultimate with Thrax and Weiss at Audio Limits

















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Review: Jeff Rowland Aeris Dac













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Avalon Compas Diamond










































$50000

Drivers:
1 - 1" Diamond tweeter
1 - 4" Ceramic midrange
2 - 9" Ceramic woofers

91dB/W/m sensitivity
4 ohm nominal load
-3dB point of 27Hz
Recommended minimum amplifier power is 30 watts.

WxHxD - 28x114x43cm
72kg




Sunday, October 28, 2012

Crystal Cable Absolute Dream USB Cable


































































The Absolute Dream USB cable, which is made with monocrystal silver cabling.

Looking at the actual cable, you'll see two silver-colored wires and two gold-colored wires braided together to make the whole. The silver-colored wires carry the data signal, while the gold-colored wires carry the power feed. The dielectric on both is made from Kapton and Teflon, while monocrystal metal is also used for the outer braids.

$9000 1m

Interconnect and speaker cable review

Saturday, October 27, 2012

2 Million Hits And Counting!






















Thank you all the visitors who visits this blog every day.

After almost two and half years of blogging the blog is still here, there has some times I just wanted to close it down, but after massive positive response from you readers I will keep this blog alive.












Screen photo by Oleksiy M.

Setup: Rockport Avior with Gryphon at Ultimate Audio in Lisboa
















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ALEF Director Linestage

















$45000

DC-6Mhz Bandwidth
True Dual Mono
Pure Class-A
Ultra precise 64-step resistor attenuator
Remote controlled
Optional Battery Power Supply
Optional ultra-high gloss lacquers available

Friday, October 26, 2012

Review: Esoteric P-02 SACD/CD Transport and D-02 DAC












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Auralic VEGA digital audio processor


































€3300

VEGA, the next generation digital audio processor, is developed with the goal of 'seeking for non-compromised sound'. With plenty of I/O ports and powerful function, it will become the kernel component of your high-end stereo system.

With Sanctuary Audio Processor as heart, AURALiC introduces several cutting-edge technology for VEGA: Megahertz upsampling algorithm up-samples all PCM music to 1.5MHz in 32bit; Femto Master Clock provides an ultimate clock precision with jitter only 82 femtoseconds(0.082 picosecond). Binding with other AURALiC's patented technologies such as 'ORFEO Class-A module' and discrete 'Purer-Power™ solution', VEGA will bring high resolution music playback experience to climax.

VEGA supports all high resolution music formats including DXD(352.8KS/s, 384KS/s in 32bit) as well as DSD stream at 2.8224MHz and 5.6448MHz. Five digital inputs include AES/EBU, coaxial(set of two), toslink and USB. The balanced and single-ended analog outputs can connect to power amplifier directly, adjusting volume in digital precision without dynamic loss.

The six built-in filter modes each contains several digital filters optimized for corresponding sampling rate. These filters are sololy developed by AURALiC to optimize the listening experience for different music and format. VEGA allows its user to customize according to different music formats, tuning sound best to personal preference.

Specifications

Frequency Response
20 - 20KHz, +/- 0.1dB

Signal/Noise
126dB, 20Hz-20KHz, A-weighted

THD+N
0,0003 %

Dynamic Range
130dB, 20Hz-20KHz, A-weighted

Digital Inputs
1*AES/EBU
2*Coaxial
1*Toslink
1*USB 2.0 buffered by ActiveUSB™

Analog Outputs
1*Balanced(output impedance 2.2ohm)
1*Single-ended(output impedance 50ohm)

Supported Digital Formats
All PCM from 44.1KS/s to 384KS/s in 32Bit
DSD64( 2.8224MHz) and DSD128(5.6448MHz)

Output Voltage
Max. 4.2V with dynamic-loss-free digital volume

Human Interface
AURALiC RC-1 remote control
512*64 pixels OLED Display

Dimension
11''W x 9''D x 2.6''H (33cm x 23cm x 6.5cm)

Weight
7.3 pounds (3.3kg)

Bluelectric MicroMagic electronics and speakers













PR1 Line preamp
















PH1 phono stage












MPA1 20 watt mono amps















PA1 14 watt stereo amp















IPA1 12 watt integrated amp



















































Luilui dipol speakers - CHF 15000
Effiency 98dB, WxH - 73x96cm.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Bluelectric MicroMagic Altair cartridge and arm









































































All prices in CHF

Three models:
Normal - 17000
Special - 21000 - Normal and Special - compliance 6
Special - 23000 - user selected compliance from 6 to 12

Cantilever is made of anodized aluminum not boron like almost all other cartridges. Special cantilever is made of a unbreakable ultralight non-magnetic type.
Special with user selected compliance uses a ruby cantilever.

Housing is made of buckeye burl and is PMMA impregnated.

Output voltage: 0.42 mV at 1 kHz.
Recommended load impedance:> 110 ohms.
Tracking force: 1.8 - 2.5 g
Weight: 12.5 g

Other BlueElectric cartridges:
Silver Spirit LE - 13500 - weight 27g
Magic Diamond - 7500 - weight 15,5g
Virus - 5000 - weight 14g

















































































21000

Limited Edition, only 40 will be made
Cartridge weight range 5-75g
5-pin DIN connector
Effective length is 306mm
Friction bearing
No anti-skating when using the main counterweight

Altair phono cable - 1,25m - 5-pin DIN to rca or xlr - 3900.

Purity Audio Design Basis 2.2 Linestage






















$7500

Basis 2.2

Review: Lyra Atlas Cartridge






















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Review: AMG Viella 12 Turntable and Tonearm

















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Review: Wolf von Langa A100i field coil speaker
















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Setup: Dynaudio Consequence Ultimate with dartZeel, Meridian and SOTA
































































































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