AIR TIGHTから、新カートリッジ「 coda 」登場！！（海外向け）

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AIR TIGHT
新カートリッジ　coda

＊海外向けの商品となっており、日本国内で販売される予定はないとのことです。

WilsonAudio、新代理店は「 ステラ 」に！！！９月１日より取扱い開始へ。

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WilsonAudioの新代理店はステラ（Stella）に決定。

2018年9月1日より取扱い開始へ。

「North Star Design」及び「darTZeel」の国内取扱い終了。

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Naspec 「North Star Design」及び「darTZeel」取扱い終了へ。
平成30年6月末日を以て、販売代理業務を終了。

今後の製品メンテナンス、アフターサービス業務については
「North Star Design」社及び「darTZeel」社が新たな輸入代理店と
販売代理契約を締結するまで、Naspecにて可能な限り対応

 

sforzartから、USB DAC 登場！！

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sforzart

USB DAC
18年夏発売予定

ESS9038Pro x 2, 10MHzクロック入力
Input: USB x 2, S/PDIF
Output: RCA x 1, XLR x 1
Size: 246 (W) 250 (D) 84(H)
予価：　DSP-Pavoの半分くらいを予定

CH Precision、HDリンクボードのアップグレード開始。最新D1 C1 C1monoには標準装備。

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CH Precision CH LINK HD ボード
＊アップグレードしない場合（旧来のCH LINK ボードの場合）、最新のファームフェアにアップデートできないとのことです。

 

プレスリリース

 

Magico A3 国内販売開始。

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ALMEDIO（日本）から、レーザー式ターンテーブル「 OPTORA 」登場！！

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日本では音展にて発表

dCS 各製品の　MQA対応　ソフトウェアアップデート（MQA SUPPORT ACROSS PRODUCT RANGES）を実施。

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dCS 各製品の　MQA対応　ソフトウェアアップデート
dCS Rossini – October 2017
dCS Vivaldi One – November 2017
dCS Network Bridge – November 2017
dCS Vivaldi DAC & Upsampler – December 2017

 

dCS LAUNCHES MQA SUPPORT ACROSS PRODUCT RANGES

dCS announces the release of a software update that provides MQA compatibility to all current product ranges – bringing the MQA experience into what many regard as the best digital music source in the world.

MQA, Master Quality Authenticated, provides a means to efficiently encode and transmit high resolution audio. MQA is based on the axiom that, in audio, high resolution can be more accurately defined in the analogue domain in terms of temporal fine structure and lack of modulation noise, than by any description in the digital domain, particularly one that relies on sample rate or bit depth numbers.

MQA works by converting the analogue music to digital and back to analogue again. The conceptual framework models analogue as an infinite sample rate representation, which can be approximated by a hierarchical chain of downward and upward splines. The MQA encoder takes account of and corrects aspects of the original analogue-to-digital and studio preparation chain.

Although a listener can enjoy the encoded stream at CD quality without a decoder, the best result comes with an MQA Decoder, or a combination of MQA Core Decoder and Renderer, which reconstructs exactly what was heard in the studio.

The MQA Renderer performs sampling reconstruction under song-by-song instruction from the encoder, while at the same time matching and optimising the attached DAC to deliver an authenticated analogue output.

MQA Decoders include a Renderer which is customised for each built-in digital-to-analogue converter. Generally, the converter includes an integrated DAC which is not wholly configurable and may have some performance limitations. For this reason, most MQA decoders include pre- compensation for the built-in converter.

dCS does not use IC converters in its DACs; instead the process of reconstructing analogue from the digital stream is entirely custom, using specific software and discrete hardware to make a DAC. However, unlike other non-integrated DACs, the dCS is still modelled on reconstruction using oversampling, filtering and high-speed conversion.

David Steven, Managing Director, dCS states:

“The dCS and MQA teams have been in discussion, development and testing for almost a year. This is a unique and exciting implementation made possible by the flexibility and capability of our platform, as well as the fact that both companies have aligned philosophies, strong mutual respect and trust.”

Bob Stuart, Founder & CTO, MQA adds:

“In the case of the dCS Rossini, the MQA and dCS teams were able to work together to develop code which accurately matched the MQA hierarchical ideal reconstruction to analogue. This MQA implementation is unique, as it is the first opportunity to enable a DAC which, by providing exact rendering to beyond 16x (768 kHz), matches the desired temporal response with very low modulation noise.”

dCS owners can update their firmware to support MQA via the ‘internet download and update’ functionality.

Availability:
dCS Rossini – October 2017
dCS Vivaldi One – November 2017
dCS Network Bridge – November 2017
dCS Vivaldi DAC & Upsampler – December 2017

MSB 東京インターナショナルオーディオショウ展示用（天板なし）「 Reference DAC 」を公開。

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Open top Reference DAC for the Tokyo International Audio Show.

Magico、「 M6 」を東京インターナショナルオーディオショウにてワールドプレミアすることを正式発表！！

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