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dCS Network Bridge
Sliver / Black
１０月末発売予定。
Making the Network Bridge
In the first instalment of this four-part feature, Chris Hales, dCS Director of Product Development, gives his take on the new Network Box…
“This is for people who bought into pre Vivaldi, to give them access to network streaming of audio. Scarlatti, Paganini or even classic Elgar owners don’t have access to this – unlike the new Rossini – and it’s increasingly becoming the way that people are consuming music”, explains Chris Hales. “This special product really came out of that need. In essence it’s using the network hardware that we have in Rossini and Vivaldi, all the IP and know-how that we built up over the period that we have been developing that. It receives audio via UPnP, Apple Airplay, Spotify Connect, TIDAL and other sources and outputs bit perfect au-dio in a form that a legacy dCS DAC can use, and that’s really what we are try-ing to achieve.”
Chris says that it was a case of using the tried and tested dCS streaming plat-form and adapting it for this special box of tricks. “As far as the network hard-ware design is concerned, our platform is now well developed, although need-less to say some customisation was needed.” As with the new Rossini, the net-work hardware itself is supplied by Stream Unlimited in Vienna. “The Rossini uses a Stream 800 board which is a very capable network solution, and the Network Box is using a variant of that – the Stream 820. This is essentially the same board, but with a slightly more powerful processor, plus it’s wi-fi enabled. We really wanted to take advantage of this feature.”
He says that dCS always recommends a wired connection for the best sound, “…if you possibly can. This is because you are guaranteed bandwidth which you are absolutely not with a wireless connection. But some users although they stream all their music files, may enjoy the added flexibility of wi-fi.
“The board itself is self contained and is not modified,” explains Chris, “as de-livered by Stream Unlimited. But needless to say, it requires power supplies and is flexible in its own right. So one of the key things that we have done is to alter the clocking. So the Stream board plugs into a motherboard that has some typi-cal dCS circuitry on it that basically gives you all the benefits of our clocking system that you’d have in any other dCS product. The very high quality clock-ing gives low jitter, and of course it has our usual power supply arrangements. Traditionally we don’t make too much fuss about dCS power supplies because it’s something that’s just got to be done right, but perhaps that’s dCS modesty – you need to do things well if you want things to work right. But the Network Box power supplies are typologically similar to what you would find on a dCS control board, with ultra low noise…”
In terms of connectivity, Chris says dCS, “is trying not to be too partisan”, so it could be used with both dCS and a very wide range of other manufacturers’ products too. “But the general idea is that if you have a dCS product, be it the very early Elgar or the most recent Scarlatti, you will be able to use this box to maximum effect. So we have processing options which will allow you to downsample to whatever the maximum sample rate your DAC can cope with, or not as you wish. The idea is to make the box as transparent as we possibly can where we can, and then to process minimally to suit your DAC where that’s appropriate.”
“The motherboard has a big Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) on there as you’d expect from a dCS product, which does all the processing and all the logic and so forth. It’s not quite the monster that we have inside the Rossini but nevertheless we’ve got a lot of processing in there that can interface with the Stream 800 board and take that and send it out onto the digital output and so forth. So the processing platform is typically flexible and upgradable, as ever with dCS. All the software is done in-house as usual, from our algorithms to the control coding. What we have inside is by no means a generic Stream 820 by the way – there are lots of features which didn’t exist before we commissioned them to build those in. We had a lot of dialogue with Stream Unlimited to shape the architecture of this board and to integrate these new features into our pack-age. I think many of the performance features wouldn’t have been developed, if we weren’t the lead customer on those…”
Overall, Chris says the new Network Box is an interesting niche product that will expand the horizons of both dCS fans and the wider audiophile public alike. “It’s a product for the legacy market, but with very much the quality of that processing that you would expect from dCS.”
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Transparent OPUS PowerIsolator
MSRP $15,950
（2m OPUS PowerCord付属）
Transparent Power Perfected. Introducing the Transparent OPUS PowerIsolator— for the first time ever, Transparent Audio’s ultimate statement in audio perfection, the OPUS series, expands to incorporate a new standard in power conditioning and line filtration. Available now.
For the first time ever, Transparent Audio’s ultimate statement in audio perfection, the OPUS series, expands to incorporate a new standard in power conditioning and line filtration— meet the Transparent OPUS PowerIsolator.
Power Conditioning Without Compromise
The groundbreaking Transparent Generation 5 Power Conditioning Filter Technology introduced in the new OPUS PowerIsolator snuffs out broadband AC power line noise without restricting current or introducing phase shift. Designed to work in perfect harmony with its included 20-amp IEC OPUS Power Cord, OPI is ready to deliver limitless current and noise-free, in-phase power.
Most other power conditioning solutions reduce some AC noise, but they also restrict instantaneous current flow and alter the phase of the power signal — a condition that introduces noise and shifts the tonal balance performance of the system. OPI in combination with OPUS Power Cords ensures that your system is free to reveal all the dynamic complexity and energy and the pure and natural instrumental tonality encoded in your favorite music sources.
Resonance Control
With OPI’s curvaceous carbon fiber form, there can be no mistaking its OPUS lineage. Like OPUS Speaker Cable, OPI’s epoxy-loaded, fully damped carbon-fiber carapace blocks vibrations and allows electromagnetic fields to fully expand. The OPI center of gravity is also low and wide which further ensures that any excess energy broadly dissipates away from the filter circuitry. Adjustable for hard or carpeted surfaces, precision machined isolation feet keep OPI stable and decoupled from floor vibrations.
OPUS PowerIsolator (Rear Panel)
Filter Technology
Painstakingly constructed with multi-step measurements and circuit adjustments, the OPI filter circuit is also calibrated to the filter characteristics of the included OPUS Power Cord and to the end user’s AC voltage and frequency. OPUS Power Cord conductors serve to link the OPI filter circuit from input to output, and the filter characteristics of the OPI conductors are also an important part of the measurement process and filter circuit calibration. OPI’s parallel noise filtering circuit results in full, free, instantaneous current flow, thereby allowing your system to deliver untethered musical dynamics. Likewise, the parallel hydraulic magnetic circuit breaker provides failsafe circuit protection without limiting current.
Features
•Broadband power line noise filtering with ideal power factor correction
•Free current flow without restriction
•Two identical high-current, grounded, surge protected outlets
•Detachable 2-meter OPUS Power Cord included
•Available in USA, UK, EU and other power applications
OPUS Power Cord
To harness the optimal performance from OPUS PowerIsolator use with a dedicated AC circuit and a single component, and use an OPUS Power Cord for each component connection.
Suggested retail price for the OPUS PowerIsolator is $15,950 USD
and includes a 2m input OPUS Power Cord
プレスリリース
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CH Precision
T1 タイミングマスタークロック
予価 \3,000,000（税別）
＊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予定。
海外ニュース速報 [World]
CH Precision
C1 mono
モノラルD/Aコントローラー
\8,600,000
C1.d、C1.m、C1.m、の３筐体構成。
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VividAudioから、Giya G1 の上位モデル Giya G1 Spirit が発表されます。
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。
国内ニュース速報 [Japan]
世界的なハイエンドスピーカーブランド marten の国内輸入がついに開始されます。
代理店はステラ。
https://www.marten.se
海外ニュース速報 [World]
Rockport Technologies
LYRA
$149,500
・1-inch beryllium tweeter
・Two 6-inch midrange drivers (nine-layer carbon-fiber/Rohacell sandwich)
・Two 10-inch woofers (nine-layer carbon-fiber/Rohacell sandwich)
・Enclosure is comprised of just two parts.
Main outer housing (fabricated from aluminum)
Baffle/inner housing (fabricated from aluminum)
海外ニュース速報 [World]
We proudly announce the international debut of SAGA! Pure magic! A tribute to Neil Patel’s dedication to his art … our devotion to the legacy of what is High End
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CH Precision
D1 SE (Special Edition) SACD/CD Player
＊日本国内で発売されるかどうか等は不明です。
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Accuphase
PRECISION SA-CD TRANSPORT DP-950
PRECISION MDSD DIGITAL PROCESSOR DC-950
・11.7kgに及ぶ外部振動を受けにくい重量級設計の強固なシャーシ構造体
・フローティング構造のトラバース・メカニズム
シリコン系の粘性ダンパーを使用した４点フローティング方式
・超重量級の大型アルミ合金ブリッジ
DP-900より全長を延長
・11.2896MHz（1bit 2ch DSD）対応 MDSD (Multiple Double Speed DSD」搭載
・384kHz（32bit 2ch PCM）対応の８回路並列駆動「MDS++変換方式D/Aコンバーター」
・ESSテクノロジー社製 最新のアドバンスドハイパーストリームDAC ES9038PRO搭載
・トロイダルトランス、ブロックコンデンサーを一新
・HS-LINK、BALANCED、COAXIAL（３系統）OPTICAL（２系統）、USBデジタル入力端子
＊外観のデザインは現行のDP-900、DC-901と大きく変わりません。
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