Ypsilon VPS-100 MK2 SE phono preamp CD-1000 CD player
HiGH END MUNICH 2024 World Premiere
This year we are using our newly updated, MK2 version of our VPS-100 phono preamp. It’s an update to the original design using different tubes and more refined power supply and methods of securing stable conditions for tube operating points. Production and deliveries started from beginning of the year.
We have also our new CD player the CD1000. The new platform and mechanism consume higher currents so we developed an external power supply, keeping the successful aesthetic design almost the same as the original model. Extreme care was taken for anti-vibration support of the new mechanism. CD-1000 has also an isolated USB input with dedicated power supply for using with a music server/ streamer. It can accept high resolution files. CD-1000 can be used as a stand alone player or in combination with our DAC1000 for ultimate performance.
YPSILON Room E-110 – Atrium 4.1 VPS-100 MK2 SE (new), PST-100 MK2 SE, CD-1000 (new), Prototype modified SET-100VS or Aelius 2 SE, Air Force 1 Premium turntable + TechDas Tonearm (new) + TechDas Cartridge, MC-10 L SE, Kaiser Kawero Minal (new) Loudspeaker
WILSON BENESCH Room E-225, Atrium 4.2 with Ypsilon Hyperion, PST-100 MK2, VPS-100, DAC-1000 SE
IO DESIGN «Naked-RS» LS, Halle 4 – BOOTH R04 with Ypsilon Hyperion, PST-100 MK2, DAC-1000 SE
Denver, CO – May 3, 2024 – YG Acoustics is proud to introduce the XV 3 Signature, a new pinnacle of sound reproduction technology. Born from the relentless pursuit of perfection, the XV 3 Signature is an extreme version of the acclaimed XV 3 flagship, delivering an unparalleled musical experience.
The four tower XV 3 already offers an extraordinary level of performance, enveloping listeners in a breathtaking audio landscape. It is capable of huge scale and authority, yet renders the finest micro-details with astonishing clarity and precision. Most importantly, it delivers that critical sense of musical involvement that is expressed in goosebumps and an addictive desire to continue listening for hour after hour.
XV 3 Signature is a limited edition of just eight pairs pushing that performance yet further, demonstrating an exercise in obsessive perfection. Painstakingly built and tuned at our R&D facility, XV 3 Signature is so extreme that it was never intended to enter production, and its origins help explain its truly exceptional nature.
“Our goal at YG has always been to push the boundaries of audio technology,” says Dr. Matthew Webster, YG’s CEO and chief designer. “The major research project that led to the XV 3 Signature brought together component innovations with a revolutionary approach to building and tuning loudspeakers. The final performance exceeded our wildest expectations.”
Central to the XV 3 Signature’s unparalleled performance are two revolutionary advancements.
The first is a breakthrough in capacitor design with a special copper alloy foil and advanced dielectric, offering a level of performance previously thought unattainable.
The second is a meticulous pursuit of perfection at the smallest scale: each pair undergoes a detailed tuning process over many weeks at our R&D facility, personally overseen by Dr. Webster. Driven by iterative measurement, modeling and listening, custom crossover components are built for each pair, carefully tuned and matched to deliver the very highest possible performance. Every change is subtle: often a fraction of one percent of the component value. Yet together, the result is incredible.
The XV 3 Signature is distinguished by a jewelry gold plated trapezoid and personalized dedication panel. Each crossover board and the dedication panel are signed by Dr. Webster and the R&D team responsible for that pair of speakers.
コロラド州デンバー – 2024 年 5 月 3 日 – YG Acoustics は、音響再生テクノロジーの新たな頂点である XV 3 Signature を発表できることを誇りに思います。完璧へのあくなき追求から生まれた XV 3 Signature は、高く評価されている XV 3 フラッグシップの究極のバージョンであり、比類のない音楽体験を提供します。
4 つのタワー XV 3 はすでに並外れたレベルのパフォーマンスを提供し、リスナーを息を呑むようなオーディオの風景に包み込みます。巨大なスケールと権限を備えながら、驚くべき明瞭さと精度で最も微細なディテールをレンダリングします。最も重要なことは、鳥肌と何時間でも聴き続けたいという中毒性の欲求によって表現される音楽への関与の重要な感覚を提供することです。
XV 3 シグネチャーは、そのパフォーマンスをさらに推し進める、わずか 8 足の限定版であり、執拗な完璧さの実践を示しています。当社の研究開発施設で入念に構築および調整された XV 3 Signature は、製品化されることを決して意図されていなかったほど極端な製品であり、その起源はその真に例外的な性質を説明するのに役立ちます。
「YG における私たちの目標は、常にオーディオ技術の限界を押し広げることでした」と YG の CEO 兼チーフデザイナーのマシュー ウェブスター博士は語ります。 「XV 3 Signature につながった大規模な研究プロジェクトでは、コンポーネントの革新と、スピーカーの構築と調整に対する革新的なアプローチが組み合わされました。最終的なパフォーマンスは私たちの予想を上回りました。」
XV 3 Signature の比類のないパフォーマンスの中心となるのは 2 つの革新的な進歩です。
1 つ目は、特殊な銅合金箔と高度な誘電体を使用したコンデンサ設計の画期的な進歩で、これまで達成不可能と考えられていたレベルの性能を提供します。
2 つ目は、最小スケールでの完璧さの細心の追求です。各ペアは、ウェブスター博士が個人的に監督する当社の研究開発施設で、何週間にもわたって詳細な調整プロセスを受けます。反復的な測定、モデリング、リスニングによって駆動されるカスタム クロスオーバー コンポーネントは、ペアごとに構築され、可能な限り最高のパフォーマンスを実現するために慎重に調整およびマッチングされます。すべての変化は微妙であり、多くの場合、コンポーネント値の 1% の一部です。それでも、一緒にすると信じられないほどの結果が得られます。
XV 3 Signature は、ジュエリーゴールドメッキの台形とパーソナライズされた専用パネルが特徴です。各クロスオーバー ボードと献呈パネルには、ウェブスター博士とそのペアのスピーカーを担当する研究開発チームの署名が付いています。
The Cascade DAC was born of an unwavering dedication to perfecting our craft, enabled by our enthusiasm for in-house design and vertically integrated manufacturing. This starts a new era—one built on twin foundations of innovation and experience. We began by reimagining the fundamentals of known DAC architectures from the ground up. Critical to the success of the Cascade DAC has been dividing the conversion process into three dedicated chassis and functions. First, all of the processing, sources, and interfaces that are necessary, but electrically noisy, have been concentrated in the Cascade Digital Director. Next, all of the critical low noise analog electronics have been housed in the Cascade Analog Converter. Finally, all of the analog power supplies have been moved to the dedicated Cascade Powerbase. This ideal component division enables sublime analog playback in nearly any system and listening environment. Let’s dive deeper into these building blocks to explore the industry leading technologies involved.
Part 1: The Digital Director
The Digital Director is the brain of the Cascade system, handling all the digital processes. It acts as an intermediary between digital players, transports, renderers, servers, computers, and the analog domain. It is able to identify, configure and process nearly any digital format with advanced new algorithms for faithful reproduction. It features a low noise linear power supply, elegant user controls, and a high visibility discrete LED display, along with user installable digital input modules. It then outputs a conversion ready signal over the fully isolated optical Cascade-Link to the Cascade Analog Converter. This allows you to easily place the Digital Director anywhere in your system with the reassurance that the analog processes are free of digital interference.
Recovering the recording
In order to push our audio technology even further, the Digital Director uses two high performance DSPs, each capable of sustaining 12 billion operations per second that work in tandem with two dedicated FPGAs. This is more than 4x the power of our previous generation of DACs. But that’s not all: advanced new digital filters, born from decades of research and development and tailored specifically for the Cascade DACs hardware, ensure that the Cascade DAC offers a superior, authentic reconstruction of the original analog signal. This increased processing headroom allows for a more expansive soundstage with even more beautiful textures from complex performances such as massed horns, vocals, close mic’d pianos, large ensembles, and full orchestras, regardless of the format. What emerges is the most natural and emotional presentation we’ve ever created.
The Cascade-Link
With modern digital technologies, such as servers, WiFi networks and LED lighting, it’s nearly impossible to create analog signals that are not only accurate, but also unpolluted and low noise. MSB developed many unique technologies in-house to make precision analog performances possible in any music playback setting. One of those vital and unique technologies is the Cascade-Link. Based on modern diode laser fiber optics, the Cascade-Link is a noise free, high bandwidth data river specifically designed to feed the insatiable hunger of the Hybrid DAC MKII’s in the Analog Converter without conducting any upstream electrical noise. It carries the raw, uncompressed data directly to the converter modules. This allows the Cascade DAC to produce an unmatched level of analog purity regardless of the environment it finds itself in. This is an industry-first technology that we believe will change the way digital and analog systems are designed hereafter.
A display for the listening chair
Equipped with high-visibility and a wide viewing angle, the display is both stunning and easy-to-read. This attention to detail demonstrates our love for functional and intuitive features. The LED display, which is slaved to the audio clock, is refreshed using the Femto Clock as the time reference, ensuring that your analog system is not polluted with any harmful digital noise created by the display. The in-house discrete design is then enclosed into its own shielded CNC pocket for optimal EMI isolation. Sit back and be immersed.
Part 2: The Analog Converter
If the Digital Director is the brain behind the Cascade System, the Analog Converter is the beating heart. With 8 New Hybrid DAC MKII modules, a Femto 33 MKIII Clock, passive analog stages, and 75 ohm volume controls, the Analog Converter makes the music come alive. Freed from the burden of any brute force digital processing, the Analog Converter is supremely adapted for the task of meticulous analog conversion. Digital music flows over the noise free Cascade-Link directly to the hybrid DACs, while stunning analog performances are received by the integrated analog inputs. All formats are carefully converted to MSBs unique fully balanced, constant impedance analog format. This enables an optimal connection directly to your power amplifier.
The Hybrid DAC MKII
A new generation of Hybrid DACs allow the Digital Director to extract the maximum resolution from all of your music files and from all data formats. As a fully balanced, ultra-high precision, discrete ladder DAC architecture, it reproduces all of the musicality, soundstage, and texture of the original performance. With 4X the DATA bandwidth of our previous generation, the Cascade DAC brings you reduced noise and improved resolution and linearity, ensuring that all the finest analog musical details are faithfully reproduced—bringing the artist to you.
Femto Clock MKIII
Our industry-leading Femto 33’s new Mark III configuration has been optimized for maximum performance with the Cascade DAC. Featuring two hand-tuned, ultra-low phase noise, oven controlled crystals that yield the lowest jitter for both the 44.1kHz and 48kHz digital format families. Our clock module architecture is built with the customer in mind—we’ve made the clock module user-upgradable, ensuring future updates are simple and streamlined.
Unrivaled analog performance
The moment an analog signal is created, it becomes vulnerable to irreversible degradation. To combat this, we have designed our analog stages to minimally affect the fragile analog signals they create. Balanced signals from the Hybrid DAC modules are passed directly to a completely passive, 75 ohm, constant impedance analog stage. They are passively attenuated and then immediately exit the XLRs without ever touching an amplifier of any kind. This preserves signal purity to the utmost degree while still enabling any cable, amplifier, or preamp to be optimally driven. Selection of each volume step is done by precious metal contact, latching relays whose coils are switched to ground when not active to avoid any signal corruption. Volume attenuation is done with distributed components so that no one precision part has too much power dissipation, thereby preserving the maximum linearity of the signal. The signal path is fully balanced and differential to prevent any ground currents from polluting the delicate signals.
Maximized analog versatility
Analog inputs include two balanced XLR and two single-ended RCA inputs—essential tools for maximum versatility. The analog inputs are completely disconnected and isolated from the rest of the circuitry when not in use. Even the cable ground is lifted when that input is not currently selected to reduce crosstalk potential. Each analog input is carefully buffered with an ultra-low noise, low-distortion buffer with an optional 0dB or +6dB of gain. It’s then switched into the same 75 ohm constant impedance output stage used by the hybrid DACs. Because the Analog Converter lacks digital processing, there is no interference added to the delicate signals, just like a dedicated preamp. The result is the ultimate analog signal purity from any source, digital or analog.
Part 3: The Powerbase
The analog performance is only as good as the power supplies that support it, that’s why we have completely overhauled our powerbase technologies for the Cascade system. The Cascade includes smart power controls, like our 12V trigger system, for a unified power experience.
The Summit Cable
We have worked directly with Swiss company Fischer Connectors to create the ultimate umbilical connection: The Summit Cable. This provides the highest quality connection between the Powerbase and the Analog Converter, elevating the performance to new heights.
A clean source
The Cascade Powerbase builds on our extensive experience with power supplies for critical analog circuitry. AC power is often polluted with interference from local computers, lighting, and appliances. This is why we have added an additional layer of protection with internal AC filtering that acts to significantly reduce this interference. To increase performance, we have three higher VA custom wound transformers that are electrically and magnetically shielded. After being converted to DC by discrete silicon carbide rectifiers, the raw power is then filtered by new optimized banks of inductors and capacitors to remove the majority of the residual noise from the raw DC. This is then regulated by our discrete, ultra-low noise linear power supplies. The five individual power rails are output for use by the Cascade Analog Converter.
Innovative modular design
MSB thrives off the innovation required to meet consumer demands. We’re constantly improving digital input modules to stay at the forefront of the high-end audio industry, ensuring you’re always equipped with the most current digital file formats and interfaces. Focusing on our network renderer and USB inputs, your audio tech will be on the cutting edge. Put simply, your DAC is ready for the future. Paired with performance increases, our modular design ethos increases flexibility for future updates and product support, guaranteeing a long-term product investment. As you pursue even higher levels of playback, an MSB upgrade path is always available to help drive your own desire for innovation. Whether it’s a software update or a leading-edge modular component, we’re here to help.
Handcrafted in California
We take great pride in the people behind our products and in our vertically-integrated manufacturing facilities based here in California. This closed-design feedback loop is an essential contributor to our breakthrough designs. Because we prioritize quality above all else, we are able to leverage the equipment being used to the greatest effect possible. Using the following link, we would love for you to explore a behind-the-scenes look at how every MSB product is handmade right here.
Unibody design
Starting with a 70 lb ‘Kaiser Select Precision Plate,’ material is machined in our in-house CNC shop. After five hours of machining, 75% of the aluminum is removed, resulting in a 17 lb finished product. The integration of our CNC shop allows for design optimization to create the best possible product. We use the high-quality premium metals, giving us the best anodized finishes on the market. There are no shortcuts taken with the Cascade DAC.
Advanced robotics
Leveraging new and advanced machine automation solutions, we are able to craft superior components without inflating costs. This is another way vertical integration passes on value to our customers. The many stainless steel accents incorporated on the Cascade DAC are individually handled by a robotic arm that removes, washes, and dries each component from the CNC machine. This type of lean manufacturing results in consistent and beautiful finishes every time.
When the best is required
As we’ve developed industry-leading products, we have continued to bring manufacturing processes in-house for the best results. Due to the sensitive nature of the thousands of aerospace resistors required for each DAC, we found that even handpicking and sorting each DAC module from our external vendors was still resulting in subpar yields. Naturally, we implemented an SMT manufacturing line to assemble all of our PCB assemblies in house while exceeding the established standards of quality.
Refined finishes
Starting with either a silver or black anodized unibody chassis, the Cascade is accented with stunning stainless accents. We also offer a unique collection of custom accent finishes for that personal touch. The Cascade DAC will fit right in with your system and look like it has always belonged.
Superior streaming
The MSB Renderer was developed using an in-house hardware design running an ultra-low noise A5 processor for optimal audio playback performance. Over the air updates will ensure that your renderer always has the latest capabilities and ultimate convenience.
– Up to 32 bit – 768kHz – MQA decoding – Roon Endpoint – Up to 4X DSD – UPnP Protocol – DLNA Protocol
A better USB solution
The Pro USB was developed to offer a multi-part USB solution that features complete electrical isolation and all the performance of MSB’s proprietary Pro ISL input. The Pro USB is offered as a stand alone module for users who already have an MSB DAC that is equipped with a Pro ISL input as well as a starter kit with a Pro ISL input, plus everything you need to get up and running.
– Complete electrical isolation – Up to 24 bit – 768kHz – MQA decoding – Up to 8X DSD – Up to 1km lossless transmission
The MSB Remote
When we set out to make the MSB remote, the design was built from the ground up. An array of stainless steel buttons around an elegant volume wheel yields an optimized performance and response. Crafted in-house, in California, from an aluminum billet, the enclosure feels solid yet refined. Tailored for both the transport and the DAC’s daily use, our remote brings you closer to the music you love.
リリースの要約
全く新しい新世代のDAC すべて1から再設計！！！
既知のDACアーキテクチャーの基本を 一から再考
電気的にノイズの多いプロセッシング、ソース、インターフェースのすべてをCascade Digital Director（写真最上段）に集約
重要な低ノイズ・アナログ・エレクトロニクスはすべて、Cascade Analog Converterに集約（写真中段）
