avcat　ニュース速報

The best network music player available just got our biggest ever performance upgrade.
Introducing the new Klimax DS featuring our 4th Generation DAC Architecture, Katalyst.

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2016年9月20日

avcat インターナショナルオーディオショウ　未発表注目新製品予想

オーディオショウ速報

インターナショナルオーディオショウで公開されそうな未発表の注目新製品をavcatが勝手に予想。

・＜注目！！＞PIEGA Master Line Source 2　スピーカー　　可能性大：■■■■■
＜G607　有限会社フューレンコーディネート＞

・Mytek Digital Manhattan II　DAC　　可能性大：■■■■■
＜G608　今井商事株式会社＞

・＜注目！！！＞AVALON ACOUSTICS SAGA　スピーカー　　可能性薄　■□□□
＜G610　太陽インターナショナル＞

・dCS Network Bridge　ネットワークトランスポート　　可能性大　■■■■
＜G610　太陽インターナショナル＞

・JEFF ROWLAND DESIGN GROUP DEAMON　プリメインアンプ　　可能性大　■■■■
＜G610　太陽インターナショナル＞

・NAGRA CLASSIC DAC　　可能性大　■■■■
＜G610　太陽インターナショナル＞

・＜注目！！＞Rockport Technologies　LYRA　スピーカー　　可能性小　■■□□
＜G610　太陽インターナショナル＞

・Boulder　2120 DAC (Network Player)　　可能性小　■■□□
＜G501　株式会社アブサートロン＞

・＜注目！！！＞　MAGICO M3　スピーカー　　可能性大　■■■■
＜G502　株式会社エレクトリ＞

・MERGING NADAC DC Power Supply 　　可能性薄　■□□□
＜G502　株式会社エレクトリ＞

・ATC SCM50SE　スピーカー　　可能性薄　■□□□
＜G502　株式会社エレクトリ＞

・＜注目！！＞KRELL　フラグシップパワーアンプ　　可能性中　■■■□
＜G504　有限会社アッカ＞

・＜注目！！！＞YG Acoustics SONJA XV　フラグシップスピーカー　　可能性小　■■□□
＜G504　有限会社アッカ＞

・＜注目！！＞　acoustical systems The APOLYT limited edition ultimate turntable　可能性大　■■■■
＜G402　株式会社ノア＞

・＜注目！！＞　FRANCO SERBLIN lignea　スピーカー　可能性大　■■■■
＜G403 株式会社アーク・ジョイア＞

・＜注目！！！＞　VIVID audio G1 Spirit　フラグシップスピーカー　　可能性大　■■■■
＜G409　株式会社ステラ＞

・TIDAL　Akira　スピーカー　可能性小　■■□□
＜G409　株式会社ステラ＞

・TIDAL　La Assoluta　スピーカー　可能性薄　■□□□
＜G409　株式会社ステラ＞

・BOENICKE audio　W11 / W13　スピーカー　　可能性大　■■■■
＜G409　株式会社ゼファン＞

・＜注目！！＞　CH Precision T1 クロック　　可能性大　■■■■
＜G409　株式会社ゼファン＞

・＜注目！！＞　Ayre QX-5 Twenty　デジタルハブ　　可能性大　■■■■
＜Hall D5　アクシス株式会社＞

・＜注目！！！＞　Dan D’Agostino　Progression Mono Amplifier　　可能性大　■■■■
＜Hall D5　アクシス株式会社＞

・Dan D’Agostino　Progression Stereo Amplifier　　可能性薄　■□□□
＜Hall D5　アクシス株式会社＞

・Dan D’Agostino　Progression Pre Amplifier　　可能性薄　■□□□
＜Hall D5　アクシス株式会社＞

・MSB TECHNOLOGY　SELECT Headphone Amplifier　ヘッドフォンアンプ　　可能性大　■■■■
＜Hall D5　アクシス株式会社＞

・TRANSPARENT　OPUS PowerIsolator　　可能性大　■■■■
＜Hall D5　アクシス株式会社＞

・＜注目！！＞WilsonAudio　Alexx　　スピーカー　　可能性大　■■■■
＜Hall D5　アクシス株式会社＞

・＜注目！！＞WilsonAudio Yvette　　スピーカー　　可能性大　■■■■
＜Hall D5　アクシス株式会社＞

・＜注目！！＞WilsonAudio New WAMM　　スピーカー　　可能性薄　■□□□
＜Hall D5　アクシス株式会社＞

・＜注目！！＞ELAC Concentro　フラグシップスピーカー　　可能性大　■■■■

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2016年9月19日

avcat管理人のオーディオルーム紹介。（avcat webmaster’s audio room）

未分類

良く問い合わせがあるので、たまには
avcat管理人　のオーディオルーム（avcat webmaster’s audio room ）
の写真を。
＊ケーブルの配線が汚かったり、エレクタのラック（仮）になっているのはご愛嬌。

Main Speaker：　YG Acoustics Anat 3 Signature Reference Professional ( Sonja Passive upgrade ）
Sub Speaker：　TAD-M1

PowerAmplifier：　VIOLA Bravo 4BOX
PreAmplifier：　VIOLA Spirito

CD/SACD Transport：　Vivaldi Transport
DAC：　Vivaldi DAC
Upsampler/Network Transport：　Vivaldi Upsampler
Network Transport：　Sforzart DST-01
Clock：　Vivaldi Clock

Cable
・PowerAmplifier to Spekar：
高域：　Siltech LS-188 MK2　3.0m
中域：　Siltech LS-188 MK2　3.0m
低域：　Siltech LS-188 MK2　2.0m
・PreAmplifier to PowerAmplifier：
Crystal Cable Reference XLR　6.0m　×2セット
予備：MIT OLACLE V1.1　9.0m
MIT MAGNUM M1　6.0m
・DAC to PreAmplifier：
MIT OLACLE V1.1 XLR　1.5m
予備：Nordost Valhalla XLR　1.0m
・Transport to DAC
Siltech GOLDEN REDGE AES/EBU 1.0m×2　（Dual AES/EBU）
・Upsampler to DAC
Siltech GOLDEN REDGE AES/EBU 1.0m×2　（Dual AES/EBU）
・NetworkTransport to Upsampler
Siltech GOLDEN REDGE AES/EBU 1.5m
・NetworkTransport to DAC
Siltech GOLDEN REDGE RCA　1.0m
・Clock to DAC
44.1KHz：　Nordost Valhalla Digital BNC　1.0m
48KHz：　Nordost Valhalla Digital BNC　1.0m
・Clock to Transport
Cardas Clear Digital BNC　1.0m
・Clock to Upsampler
44.1KHz：　Cardas Clear Digital BNC　1.0m
48KHz：　Cardas Clear Digital BNC　1.0m
・Network Transport to DAC Clock
Siltech GOLDEN REDGE BNC　1.0m
Nordost SilverShadow BNC　1.0m
・NAS to Network Transport
Augline LAN 0.5m×３本
Augline LAN 1.0m×１本
・PowerCable PowerAmplifier
Transparent PLMM 20A　2.0ｍ　×2セット
・PowerCable PreAmplifier
Siltech SPO12M – MIT Z-STABILIZER – ESOTERIC PC8100
・PowerCable DAC
Transparent Powerlink XL　2.0ｍ　（ネットワークボックスが３つ付いた旧モデル）
・PowerCalbe Transport
MIT Magnum AC1　1.5ｍ – MIT Z-STABILIZER – electraglide epiphany　1.5ｍ
・PowerCable Upsampler
Transparent Powerlink XL　2.0ｍ　（ネットワークボックスが３つ付いた旧モデル）
・PowerCable NetworkTransport
MIT Magnum AC1　1.5ｍ – MIT Z-STABILIZER – electraglide epiphany　1.5ｍ
・PowerCable Clock
JPS LAbs Digital AC　1.0m

Rack
・TAOC CS-5D　（棚板は　BDR THE SHELF　に換装　）

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2016年9月18日

WilsonAudioから、フラグシップスピーカー「 New WAMM 」登場！！！

海外ニュース速報 [World]

WilsonAudio New WAMM
近日発表予定。

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2016年9月16日

OPPOから、　「 4K/UHD Blu-ray Player 」登場！！

海外ニュース速報 [World]

既に、2016年末の発売予定が発表されていましたが、製品写真が公開されています。

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2016年9月11日

dCSから、「 Network Bridge 」登場！！

海外ニュース速報 [World]

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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2016年9月7日

Transparentから、「 OPUS PowerIsolator 」登場！！

海外ニュース速報 [World]

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

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