Conceptual Audio Designs that will enhance your Listening Experience
Expanding Musical Horizons
Music Sources
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Digital Interfaces
This versatile unit can also be used as a Digital Interface. Apart from Analog to Digital conversion, it is also cable of accepting Coax RCA input with conversion to AES/EBU or USB and Optical outputs. Refer "Analogue to Digital" page. View Product »
DSD Dacs
NOS Dacs
Metrum Acoustics Musette Trade-in$1095 Now $995 - Au Enthusiasts NZ $895 incl. freight.Look "Here" for InformationMetrum Jade NOS DAC-DVC Trade-inIt must be Christmas ?Over $1500 saving (new) here - $3,445 - Au Enthusiasts NZ $2,995 + freight.Look "Here" for InformationReference Level"Sonnet Digital Audio - Morpheus" Adagio DVC & Pavane L3... View Product »
Dac - Preamps
Forthcoming Mark II DAC212SE Now featuring Twin Headphone outputs ... 2 sets of Phones or Left & Right channel output to one. Also features new LAN input with access via web browser to all settings & automated firmware updates. 1st Review of DAC212SEII & HYPER-AMP212 (also in Pic) HiFi+ "Information" View Product »
Power Supplies
Designed to enhance (especially) the Evo Two or hiFace Evo Two range ... an affordable PSU. Partner with the top Evo Dac Two Plus for example. View Product »
Analogue to Digital
Joplin MkIII 384kHz/32 Bit ADC/Phono : The perfect Analog port for a Digital Audio System with I2S output. Digitise Your Precious Vinyl Collection &Turn your PC into a High Resolution Audio Database. Now at Mark III Level - refer at page bottom for the original 'White Paper'. View Product »
Phono Stages
Enhance Sound Quality with the "Van der Graaf" View Product »
Power Amplifiers
Prototype AMP212 in action last year. First Review of the new Dac-Pre & Power Amp can be read here : "DiDiT Details" View Product »
Headphone Amplifiers
Forthcoming DAC212SEII + HYPER-AMP212 : View Product »
Passive Standmount
M8AudioEx Dem $3,250 - save over a $1000Information for the complete Range and Worldwide pricing (click below) :" "Acelec Engineering "Model One"New Pro Monitors in production.Japp Veenstra from Alpha-Audio takes the new 'Ones' for a ride ... in this 1st Review of Acelec's Monitors."Review Translation"To get the full 'picture/s' .... View Product »
Passive Floorstander
EVO 432
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DiDiT HIGH-END
DiDiT is a Dutch Audio manufacturer founded in 2007 and located in Nederhorst Den Berg. The main team consists of four Audio enthusiasts - Patrick Schoon, Rients Steenbeck, Roy van der Hulst and Sebastiaan de Vries. View Product »
Acelec
M2Tech
M8Audio
Sonnet Digital
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Studio & Home
High performance dedicated components are now available to enable any enthusiast the opportunity to monitor and control recordings. It is not uncommon for even professional Studios/Engineers/Artists/DJ's to rely on a PC for multiple tasks. Many have discovered the benefits of using a quality Digital to Analog converter in the process. View Product »
Metrum's Forte Stereo Power Amplifier Australia NZ
Australia & NZ : Paired with Adagio 6 Moons comment ... "Particularly with loudspeakers like our ceramic-diaphragm Albedo Audio Aptica which will prioritize transient precision and resolution over body and density unless matched otherwise, the Forte's counterpoint hits the nail on the head". View Product »
Jade DAC TWO Digital Volume Control
JADE Australia & NZPrice $4,995.00 with Remote Control - Shipment to Australia NZ $4,345 Excl. GSTOut of StockThe 'Baby Flagship' Digital Volume controlled NOS DAC. Trickle or more like 'torrent-down' technology from Adagio ... at half the price. Sell-off your Preamp and connecting I/C - they are not needed. View Product »
Ambre
LAN (local area network) Input : Connect an UTP cable with your network. Ambre is a Roon end point and cannot work as a stand-alone device. View Product »
Aurix Headphone (TVC) Transformer Volume Control
To evaluate their Dacs over the years, Metrum used their own Amplification designs. Aurix follows the philosophy of Mr. R's own design Passive Preamp - that was used in their listening appraisals for Dac development. Aurix has proved to be a good match with designs from Audioquest, Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, Grado,... View Product »
Aptica
Aptica has evolved from Albedo's original design concept for an unobtrusive, compact loudspeaker - that 'speaks' exquisite form as well as function ... not just another 'coffin' box. Svelte good looks and sound presentation to match. Created to enhance your living room and Audio System. View Product »
Axcentia
AXCENTIA MK IIFollowing on from the HL1.2 and HL2.2, in 2010 a new model appeared - in the form of the range topping HL3.4 ... bearing similar resemblance to the above MkII's. Featuring at Munich High End Show 2011, it offered a linear-phase floorstanding 3-way design, with (larger) 2 x... View Product »
Onyx DAC TWO
Onyx NZ $4,250 with Remote Control. Dac Two development ... trickle-down technology at work. Replacing Award winning Menuet a compact D/A Coverter offering full connectivity with performance to match. MQA is an option and for Headphone enthusiasts boost Aurix input by using/swapping 'gain' jumpers' internally. View Product »
Adagio Volume controlled Transient NOS DAC TWO (Archived Product)
ADAGIO Australia & NZState-of-the-Art-Variable-Gain-Dac. NOS conversion at Metrum's highest level (Pavane Level 3). Joining Hex and Pavane in the 'Awards stakes', Adagio sets a new benchmark in a Reference Quality Audio System. Comparable to very costly Analogue Preamps in review ... View Product »
Amethyst DAC TWO H/P Amplifier
Audio Creative did not miss MQA ... BUT now it can be an option with direct Amp to Dac Module two-in-one Amethyst. "I already mentioned at the beginning of the story, whoever is searching for a DAC that can do everything, forget the Amethyst. View Product »
Pavane DAC TWO (Archived Product)
Australia & NZ : Pavane Level 3 is Metrum's Flagship Digital Source provider now MQA capable. I2S Digital input Protocol adds icing to the cake when connected to Ambre Roon Endpoint. SuperDac performance at a real world Audio Enthusiast price point. View Product »
Menuet Forward Correction NOS DAC : Archived Product
Continuing the 'musical dance' theme attached to the new Transient DAC ONE range . . . Menuet has arrived . . . to fill the gap between Hex and Pavane. At its price point, it offers performance very close to Pavane but is much more affordable. View Product »
Flint
Digital $ Progress : In 1989 Martin Colloms Reviewed a Wadia Digital 1000 Decoding Computer (Dac). It came close to his then ultimate Reference playback System - a Goldmund Reference Turntable (US$27,000 without Arm or Cartridge) System. With 30 years Digital progress ... how would little Flint compare now ? View Product »
HEX NOS Differential DAC : Archived Product
After choosing Aurix for headphone monitoring, STS Digital also decided to employ Hex - to monitor the entire recording process. Its ability to reproduce an extremely neutral and natural sound, as it comes directly from the recording console (without the intervention of digital sound processing), found favour. View Product »
Musette NOS Mini Dac : Archived Product
Musette impresses at ZMF Headphones, Audio enthusiasts and Reviewers woldrwide - continuing Metrum tradition. View Product »
Octave MK II NOS Mini DAC : Archived Product
The Original Octave rocked the Audio World - a 'Game changing Dac' in fact. Refer Octave Product Page for more information. Rated comparable to esoteric '2 Box devices from Internationally acclaimed manufacturers' but the humble Octave costing a fraction of their prices. View Product »
OCTAVE NOS Mini Dac : Archived Product
Non Over-Sampling Octave is a continuation of the Duo/Quad Mini Digital to Analogue converter. No processing (Resampling) is involved - the D/A chips used, being sourced from the (Non Audio) Medical/Industrial sector. The Game Changer ! View Product »
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