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Evo stands for evolution…
Since 2008, when Utopia III was launched, Focal’s technological heritage has grown enormously.
Therefore it was essential to integrate the most recent innovations. The mid-range register becomes clearer and more dynamic thanks to NIC motor (Neutral Inductance Circuit) and TMD suspension. Maestro Utopia Evo now offers bi amplification, just like Grande Utopia EM and Stella.
The bass register of Maestro Utopia Evo is very consistent but it still retains its characteristic dynamic range and punch. Scala Utopia Evo remains compact with its exceptional musicality.
Details are also so important for the sound clarity… The best components from their generation have found their way into the Utopia III Evo line: cables made in France, double terminal boards and separate crossovers.
Utopia III Evo カタログ
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British loudspeaker company, Harbeth, continues the celebration of its 40th anniversary this year with the launch of a new model at the High End Munich Show.
The next generation of Harbeth’s M30.1 model; the M30.2, makes its glorious debut at the show. Available in an exquisite iridescent silver eucalyptus veneer, the M30.2 will feature; the latest WBT-nextgen binding posts, a new-look tweeter with silver hex grill, British-made audio grade poly capacitors, and Harbeth’s 40th anniversary ultra-pure OFC internal cable.
Harbeth’s flagship model, the M40.2, will also be available in this stunning limited edition veneer as part of the brand’s milestone anniversary.
Alan Shaw, Designer and Managing Director, says – “This is a very significant year for us as a brand and as part of the celebrations felt the time was right to update our M30.1 model. We’re passionate about designing products that not only ensure you enjoy your music to full effect but also feel very special, hence the exceptional silver eucalyptus veneer and features chosen for this next phase of our 40th anniversary. What better place to launch this than at one of the biggest hi-fi shows of the year”
The High End Munich show runs between Thursday 18th – Sunday 21st May, where Harbeth will be co-exhibiting in the impressive Atrium room 4.2 E213 with German Harbeth distributor, Input Audio, Skylan stands, Magnum Dynalab and Martina Schöner, who will showcase her impressive turntable. The M40.2 40th anniversary model in walnut will be on demo whilst the M30.2 will be on display in Hall 3 N08.
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Primare
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We are announcing three exciting new Prisma products during Munich High End 2017: the I35 Prisma integrated amplifier, CD35 Prisma CD player, and I15 Prisma integrated amplifier – each product incorporating new key Primare technologies.
Each of the new products features Prisma, Primare’s new whole-home, high-fidelity control and connectivity solution. “As a prism provides a complete spectrum of colors from a single point of light, Prisma provides a complete spectrum of system management from a single point of control,” explains Terry Medalen, Primare Marketing. Prisma features network playback from stored and streamed media, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® connection, as well as multi-room/multi-zone connectivity and control, all managed through the Prisma application, allowing Prisma system management from any mobile device.
I35 Prisma
The I35 Prisma integrated amplifier [4 500€ MSRP] is the latest iteration of Primare’s now iconic 30 Series integrated amplifiers and is the first to use the new UFPD 2 power system, a radical reworking of Primare’s award-winning UFPD all-analog Class-D technology. States Bent Nielsen, Primare Engineering, “Primare will only bring out new product when we feel we can substantially improve upon existing models, and now with UFPD 2 we feel we have a power platform that realizes the full potential of Class-D technology.” Providing 150 watts at 8 ohms of absolutely linear amplification across the entire audible bandwidth, the I35 Prisma delivers naturally fast, clean and agile sound with an unprecedented ability to bring music to life. In addition to fully balanced analog input options, the I35 Prisma includes a full-featured DAC stage enabling PCM 768kHz and DSD 256 conversion, as well as Prisma connectivity and control technology.
Also available – I35, analog only inputs, without DAC or Prisma [3 500€ MSRP] and I35 DAC, analog and digital inputs, without Prisma [4 100€ MSRP].
CD35 Prisma
A state-of-the-art TEAC cd drive and Prisma connectivity and control technology combine to create in the CD35 Prisma CD player [3200€ MSRP] a complete digital music source. The all-new DAC stage, utilizing a superb-sounding ESS Sabre chipset for conversion of music files up to PCM 384kHz and DSD 256, feeds a finely tuned balanced analog output stage. “Each component part of the CD35 Prisma – the drive, the DAC, the output stage, and Prisma connection and control – contributes to what is the best CD player Primare has ever offered,” states Kalle Nordehammer, Primare Product Development.
Also available – CD35, CD player only, without Prisma [2 800€ MSRP].
I15 Prisma
The I15 Prisma integrated amplifier [1 750€ MSRP] is a compact, full-featured system control and power center, providing 75 watts of power per channel, digital to analog conversion with PCM 768kHz and DSD 256 capabilities, as well as complete digital media access and system management by way of the Prisma connectivity and control technology. The I15 Prisma continues a Primare tradition of delivering astonishing performance from compact and elegant devices for easy installation into virtually any living environment. “With the three-quarter-sized cabinet of the I15 Prisma, even greater possibilities open up for providing the highest quality music performance and access to any and every room in the house,” says Siemen Algra, Primare Sales.
I35 Prisma and I15 Prisma
All models above include the all new C25 Primare system remote control, are available in Black and Titanium finishes, and are scheduled to ship third quarter of 2017.
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AURALiC The G Series
HighEnd – Munich Germany – 18th May 2017 – In an era of unprecedented technological development throughout the world of high-end audio, AURALiC LIMITED is striking a new path with the introduction of its G Series premium audio components. Built around AURALiC’s foundational Lightning Streaming framework and introducing Lightning Link, an advanced proprietary communications protocol, the G Series family of digital audio devices applies the best of modern materials and engineering for top-of-the-line performance.
2017 will see the release of four G Series products: the ARIES G2 Streaming Transporter, the SIRIUS G2 Upsampling Processor, the VEGA G2 Streaming DAC, and the LEO G2 Femto Reference Clock. “When working together, G Series components become a pioneering sonic network, a uniquely integrated streaming digital audio system fit for the most discriminating music lovers,” says AURALiC President & CEO Xuanqian Wang. “ARIES G2 and VEGA G2 retain elements of the innovative engineering that made their predecessors standouts in their categories, but that’s where the similarities end. Enhanced resources, original approaches to isolation, expanded functionality, and groundbreaking levels of control and communication put the ARIES G2 and the VEGA G2 in a class of their own.”
2017 will see the release of four G Series products: the ARIES G2 Streaming Transporter, the SIRIUS G2 Upsampling Processor, the VEGA G2 Streaming DAC, and the LEO G2 Femto Reference Clock. “When working together, G Series components become a pioneering sonic network, a uniquely integrated streaming digital audio system fit for the most discriminating music lovers,” says AURALiC President & CEO Xuanqian Wang. “ARIES G2 and VEGA G2 retain elements of the innovative engineering that made their predecessors standouts in their categories, but that’s where the similarities end. Enhanced resources, original approaches to isolation, expanded functionality, and groundbreaking levels of control and communication put the ARIES G2 and the VEGA G2 in a class of their own.”
ARIES G2 Streaming Transporter
The ARIES G2 Streaming Transporter wirelessly connects your home audio system to all your diverse sources of digital music, from networked and USB-attached storage to lossless Internet streaming services and Internet radio. Install any 2.5” solid-state or hard drive and the ARIES G2 becomes a fully functional music server in its own right with on-device hosting of your digital library. Feature-rich and lightning fast, the ARIES G2 incorporates cutting-edge galvanic isolation engineering and ultra-clean power control for impeccable care of the digital signals it handles. Dual Femto Clocks and an EMI-shielding chassis machined from a single billet of aluminum are among the features that make the ARIES G2 destined to set a new standard of quality in digital audio streaming.
At its core the ARIES G2 is a device that unites disparate sources of today’s highest resolution music files and delivers that source material to your DAC, reliably and precisely, via output options including AURALiC Lightning Link, High-Speed USB Audio 2.0, AES/EBU, digital coaxial, and TOSLINK. The processor at the heart of the ARIES G2 is 50% faster than the original ARIES Streaming Bridge, with twice the system memory and data storage of its predecessor. That means even easier handling of resolutions up to DSD512 and PCM 32bit/384K, and increased protection against dropouts.
The use of AURALiC’s Lightning Streaming infrastructure lets the ARIES G2 make those connections with your music files possible over your existing Wi-Fi network, and brings with it added features like On-Device Playlists, Memory Caching, Gapless Playback and Bit-Perfect Multi-Room functionality. It’s all controlled via the AURALiC custom iOS app, Lightning DS – or access Lightning setup through the new web interface on any smart device at all. In addition to compatibility with AirPlay, the ARIES G2 is a certified Roon Ready endpoint for seamless integration with Roon software, making it one of the most flexible streamers available in hi-fi.
The ARIES G2 Streaming Transporter retails for $3899 in the US, and €4199/£3899 in Europe (local VAT included) without internal storage. Customers may install any 2.5” solid-state or hard drive or order the ARIES G2 with a pre-installed solid-state drive for on-device music storage.
VEGA G2 Streaming DAC
The VEGA G2 Streaming DAC is a DAC with the power to flawlessly process all of today’s highest-resolution digital music formats, up to DSD512 and PCM in 32bit/384K. But the VEGA G2 is also a fully-functional streamer, capable of connecting directly to your digital music sources. Compared to the original VEGA, the VEGA G2 has a completely re-designed structure, utilizing AURALiC’s Tesla Platform to buffer, process and carefully regulate delivery of the source signal to a customized DAC chip. For the first time in the audio industry, it’s a DAC that operates independently of the source signal’s frequency: VEGA G2 buffers data in such a way that it has no need to lock on to the frequency of its source signal. Never before has a DAC been able to entirely govern timing with its own clocking – in this case those extremely precise Dual 72 Femto Master Clocks. Freed from outside limitations, the VEGA G2 delivers completely jitter-free performance.
At the heart of the VEGA G2 is the AURALiC Tesla Platform, sporting a Quad-Core A9 chip, 1GB DDR3 memory and 4GB of storage for calculation speeds 25 times faster than its predecessor. Add brand-new Galvanic Isolation that permits data transmission between primary circuits that are entirely separated physically and ultra-clean power from Dual Low-Noise Linear Purer-Power units, and it’s clear this DAC strives for an analog signal that’s as pure as it is loyal to the music.
Fully Passive Volume Control is another new feature appearing in the VEGA G2. It’s based on a unique resistor ladder attenuator network built by AURALiC, and draws exactly zero current once it’s set. Zero current equals zero interference, and it’s one more innovation under the hood of the VEGA G2 that reflects an obsessive attention to detail. Together with AURALiC’s ORFEO Class-A Output Module, inspired by classic analog designs, the end result is an incredibly faithful level of musical presentation.
Incorporating AURALiC’s Lightning Streaming technology, the VEGA G2 takes on all the streaming functionality and connectivity of a dedicated streamer. When connected over Ethernet to a home network, all of Lightning Streaming’s features become available. User control is at provided via the AURALiC custom iOS control app Lightning DS, and Lightning Server setup for the VEGA G2 is made easy with universal access to the new web interface from any smartphone, tablet, or computer. The VEGA G2 Streaming DAC is a certified Roon Ready endpoint too, for seamless integration with Roon software.
The VEGA G2 Streaming DAC retails at $5699 in the US, and €6299/£5499 in Europe (local VAT included.)
An Integrated Family of Products
Still to come in the G Series are the SIRIUS G2 Upsampling Processor and the LEO G2 Femto Reference Clock. The SIRIUS G2 is a powerful digital audio processor compatible with most DACs, but its impact is greatest when working in consort with other G Series components like the ARIES G2 and the VEGA G2. The SIRIUS G2’s job is to apply the best technologies available to the most demanding signal processing challenges out there, such as upsampling and room correction. The LEO G2 addresses the complex world of signal timing, and when communicating with other G Series products using Lightning Link it provides the temporal foundation for the industry’s lowest jitter and close-in phase noise performance, literally helping your entire system get in sync for a new level of sound quality.
G Series components are designed not only to provide standout performance individually, but to play vital roles in the most tightly integrated series of components ever offered by AURALiC. The true potential of each piece is met when they are joined using the new AURALiC Lightning Link communications protocol, maximizing the benefits of each component’s technologies and creating the ultimate digital audio system.
The ARIES G2 Streaming Transporter and the VEGA G2 Streaming DAC will be available through the AURALiC dealer network by September 2017. The SIRIUS G2 Upsampling Processor and the LEO G2 Femto Reference Clock are targeted to ship by the end of 2017.
About Lightning Link
Lightning Link is a low-jitter, bi-directional 18Gbps coupling that takes advantage of high-speed HDMI-type hardware connectors to provide a superior level of transmission control, making today’s ultra-high resolution digital music shine like never before.
Different from the other HDMI-based I2S connection, the bi-directional Lightning Link opens the door to jitter-free operation of all the devices in your system connected via Lightning Link. For example, clocking information from destination devices such as the VEGA G2 can drive the ARIES G2 timing for perfect data synchronization. Lightning Link also carries system control data for everything from volume control to processor engine setup, allowing all linked AURALiC devices to appear in a single, unified control interface.
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dCS Debussy (Updated Software)
The dCS Debussy the upcoming free software upgrade in Q3, 2017
◾DXD 384kS/s over DUAL AES input (previously 192k was the max)
◾DSD128 (previously DSD64 was the max)
◾Encrypted SACD playback from dCS transports (Come on, hook up a reference Vivaldi CD/SACD transport to your Debussy!)
◾Clocking improvements / fixes
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dCS Network Bridge (Updated Software)
A software update will be released in Q4 2017
◾USB Audio out
◾Serial control over USB
dCS has seen demand for users wanting to control downstream dCS DACS from a network bridge, so they are adding Serial RS-232 control over USB. An example scenario is if the dCS Network Bridge was connected to a dCS Vivaldi system you could change the clock speed via USB to Serial.
Future dCS Network Bridge updates that are in the works:
◾WiFi support (currently the dCS Network Bridge supports wired Ethernet)
◾MQA
MQA is also in the works across the current model line-up.
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dCS Vivaldi One
(£55,000); limited numbered edition of 250 pieces
◾Integral Esoteric VRDS NEO transport for CD and SACD playback
◾Latest generation dCS Ring DAC 2.0 and digital processing platform in one box
◾Choice of superlative Gloss White, Piano Black and 24-carat gold finishes
◾Digital inputs include Gigabit network, asynchronous USB, AES, BNC and S/PDIF
◾Built-in Roon Ready, TIDAL, Apple Airplay and Spotify Connect functionality
◾Vivaldi One’s control app lets listeners manage their playback from any source
◾Network streaming section runs at up to 24-bit, 384kS/s and DSD128, supporting all major lossless codecs (including MQA), plus DSD in DoP format and native DSD
◾Multi-stage power regulation and twin mains transformers
◾Firmware-upgradeable for future functionality and performance upgrades
◾Specially installed for the customer by dCS engineers
◾Specially curated dCS celebratory music collection
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AVALON
Indra Diamond : ¥4,680,000（ペア/税別本体価格）
劇的に進化を遂げたニュースピーカー「Indra Diamond」
Indra Diamond（インドラ ダイアモンド）は、Avalon Acoustics社のフラッグシップスピーカーTesseract（テッサラクト）のクロスオーバーネットワーク技術、キャビネット構造技術などの最新テクノロジーを応用して、完全にゼロから設計しなおしたスピーカーです。
Indra Diamond
これはまさしく「Diamond」スピーカー
「解像度のさらなる向上と音楽演奏のエネルギーを細大漏らさず聴き手に届ける、ミディアムサイズのトランスデューサーとして蘇った。」と設計者、ニール・パテル氏は言い切っています。
トランジェント反応、周波数帯域、ノイズフロアレベルの低さ、オクターブからオクターブへのエネルギーバランスは、飛び抜けています。単に、透明度が高く､遠くまで見渡しが良い、とかダイナミックだ、といった表現を超えています。
Indra Diamond グリルカバー
三次元サウンドフィールドの構築
Indra Diamondは、三次元のサウンドフィールドの構築と、リスニングルームの境界とキャビネットの限界をこえて、新たな高みに到達したスピーカーです。とても細やかな音楽演奏のニュアンスや細部を、三次元空間に描き出すスピーカーとなったのです。
Indra
ブラックダイアモンド・トゥイーター&セラミック・ミッドレンジ採用
トゥイーターにはブラックダイアモンド、ミッドレンジにはセラミックドライバーユニットを採用しています。非常に高速で瞬発的な反応とオリジナル音楽信号に忠実に反応する能力をスピーカーに与えています。
クロスオーバーはアヴァロン独自の設計、ウーファーユニットには最軽量で最大の安定性を誇る､NomexとKevlarを組み合わせた振動板を使用しています。
Indra Woofer
とても再現が難しい音楽パッセイジでは、音楽自体と音の構成の中に、一つひとつの声と楽器がその位置と存在を保持しているのです。厳格な位相精度と研ぎ澄まされた高純度によって、音楽を表現のフレージングディテールが明らかになります。そして、音楽の一貫してシームレスに流れていくことが、インドラのユニークな再現能力なのです。
Avalon Acousticsのスピーカーは、オーディオ産業の中でも最も厳しい基準によって設計され、製造されております。製造する熟練技術者と名匠によって、一つひとつのスピーカーは測定とキャビネット検査の後、全く同一な一組のペアとして組み合わされます。私たちのマスターピースは厳しい品質管理とテスト工程を経て、自信を持って出荷されます。
Avalon Acousticsは、おかげをもちまして創業から三十余年、オーディオ界において基準となる最高水準のスピーカーであるとの評価をいただいております。Avalon Acousticsの音楽製品は、コロラド州、ロッキー山麓で完全な手作業で製作され、それ自体でアートである、と皆様から評価されております。音楽とオーディオの世界は深く、高解像度の三次元サウンドステージの再現能力をさらに高めていくために、日夜研究開発に取り組んでおります。
「音楽は私たちの血に流れるパッションであると同時に、私たちの知性の女神である。」ニール・パテル氏の言葉です。
Specifications
ドライバーユニット：
19mm ブラックダイアモンドトゥイーター x 1
8.9cm セラミックドームミッドレンジドライバー
18cm ノーメックス&ケブラー複合コーンウーファー x 2
エンクロージュア：ポート・フロアー型
能率：89dB
インピーダンス：4Ω（ノミナル）
周波数帯域：24Hz~45kHz
寸法：W260xH1040xD410mm
重量：51kg
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