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darTZeel 8550 MKll integrated amp

Until recently, integrated amplifiers only achieved distinction despite trade-offs in design.

Most integrated amplifiers have been built under budget and pricing constraints that leave little room for high performance.
That’s why darTZeel is proud to present the CTH-8550, the first integrated amplifier without compromise.
With its dual-mono architecture, 50-ohm Zeel inputs, optional high-quality phono stages and remarkable versatility, the darTZeel CTH-8550 is the integrated amplifier of choice for audio enthusiasts.

 

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Avalon Acoustics Compas Diamond

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COMPÁS DIAMOND

Inspired by the Rhythmic time signature patterns of flamenco music, the Compás illuminates the fundamental structural elements & impulse in all musical genres. Primarily characterized by its dynamic & percussive rhythms, the Compás delivers a disciplined performance with high transient speed & clarity of image definition.

This constant Q design generates critically damped driver resonances from octave to octave throughout the audio spectrum. With a Q of 0.5, ringing & transient smearing is eliminated.
Control networks within the Compás crossover are designed specifically to target high resolution & ambience retrieval under high current conditions. At its heart the Compás’s unique ceramic/honeycomb woofers deliver an authoritative low frequency response with unsurpassed transient accuracy, carefully blending with the highs for a “true to source” sound field reproduction. Proprietary low jitter circuitry clarifies the image boundaries to a high-resolution, suitable for professional monitoring, where microphone placement & phasing are critical.

Utilisation of the same diaphragm materials throughout the array adds to the continuity of harmonic structure in a crisp, seamless musical presentation devoid of stored energy; its rock solid imaging presented with a palpable density through accurate & colourful harmonic structures.

Designed by NEIL PATEL for Avalon Acoustics

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Lumen White Silver Flame

This remarkable and scarce loudspeaker is available, please call for pricing.

 

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time coherent, phase coherent, resonance coherent

5 driver, 3 way, ultra precision monitors
frequency response: 20 hz – 35 khz / -3db
sensitivity: 91.5 db
recommended power: 20 – 300 watts
impedance: 5 ohm

driver array

1″ ceramic inverted dome tweeter
5,5″ ceramic inverted dome midrange
3 x 7″ ceramic inverted dome woofers

basket, spider and magnet design
flow optimized

cabinet

instrument design, resonance optimized plywood
compound construction, no mdf, synthetics or damping

finish: ivory, piano black or silver metallic, high gloss

terminals and wiring

single wire, tone wood terminals, resonance spectrum optimized
premium wbt goldline hardware

proprietary technology, state-of-the-art internal wire
harness, custom manufactured by shunyata research

product dimensions

height 115 cm, width 29 cm, depth 64 cm, weight 52 kg each

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Karan acoustics pre/power combo for sale

We have a 1 year old Karan acoustics KA L Reference MkIII preamplifier with phono and KA S 600 stereo amplifier for sale.

The units are under 5 year transferable warranty, and they have 4 years left until October 2021 !!!

The price is 18.000EURO for the combo!

 

The preamplifier is a two box Karan acoustics statement product with power supply contained in one box and all the sensitive preamplification components in the other.

This particular KA L Reference MKIII has optional MM/MC phono board installed with 0,2mV sensitivity for MC cartridges.

  •  Completely balanced, dual mono circuit topology with no overall feedback
  • All stages are DC coupled and operate in true pure class A
  • Separate power supply
  •  In order to avoid inherent nonlinearities of potentiometers, this preamp uses a four-gang attenuator, with 64 positions, implemented by using highest quality vacuum relays and fixed value 0.1% tolerance metal film resistors
  • Due to high sensitivity to interference of preamplifiers, the power supply has been relegated to a separate case of its own, and has been made ultra stable using four stabilisation levels per channel
  • The preamp is remote controllable for volume only

 

 

The behemoth amplifier, Karan Acoustics KA S 600 weighs over 160 pounds and delivers 1800W per channel into 2 OHM load !!!!

This is true dual mono amplifier which require TWO power cables.

  • Technical data:
  • Extremely short signal path, 24k gold plated circuit boards;
  • 20 ultra fast Sanken RET output power devices per channel, with a total current capability of 400 Amperes;
  • 8 voltage regulation stages;
  • Current feedback topology, with no overall feedback and with only 0.02% Intermodulation distortion (IMD) at rated power output into 8 Ohms;
  • Each channel uses a custom moulded 1,500 VA extremely low noise toroidal transformer and 132.000 µF of total capacitance;
  • Frequency response DC-300kHz +0, -3 dB;
  • S/N ratio better than -112 dB at rated output into 8 Ohms;
  • Damping factor better than 10.000:1 into 8 Ohms, 20Hz-20kHz;
  • Pink noise power output of 600W/1.000/1.800 into 8/4/2 Ohms;
  • Input sensitivity: 2V
  • Net weight 76 kg
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THE ABSOLUTE SOUND’s 2014 OVERALL PRODUCTS OF THE YEAR Berkeley Alpha DAC Reference Series

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The Berkeley Alpha DAC Reference Series is not only the absolute state of the art in digital-to-analog conversion; it also goes far beyond even this superlative to redefine what’s possible in digital playback.

This is a landmark product in that it crosses a threshold of sound quality and musical expressiveness that renders moot the idea that digital can only aspire to mimic analog rather than offer its own set of virtues.

The Alpha Reference is simply stunning in its ability to render instruments as real- sounding objects in three-dimensional space. This startling quality is made possible not just by the Reference’s spatial precision, but also by the timbral vividness and extraordinarily high resolution of the tiniest micro-details. What’s more, the Reference performs this magic trick on all instruments simultaneously, even in the most dense
and complex passages. This unprecedented (for digital) quality allows the listener to easily follow individual musical lines in a way never before possible from digital. Bass performance is also outstanding,
and different from other DACs. The Alpha Reference’s full-bodied bottom end not only provides a solid tonal foundation; it is also exquisitely textured and nuanced.

Note that the Alpha Reference omits a USB input and DSD decoding by design so as not to compromise performance. To play music from a computer, you’ll need Berkeley’s also-outstanding Alpha USB USB-to-SPDIF converter ($1895). Speaking of which, this USB converter can significantly improve the sound of your existing DAC by isolating the computer from the DAC, receiving USB data with a state- of-the-art interface, and by reclocking the output with high precision.

The Alpha DAC Reference is an unqualified triumph, and an easy choice for The Absolute Sound’s Overall Product of the Year Award. (246)

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Avalon Acoustics COMPÁS DIAMOND

COMPÁS DIAMOND 

Inspired by the Rhythmic time signature patterns of flamenco music, the Compás illuminates the fundamental structural elements & impulse in all musical genres. Primarily characterized by its dynamic & percussive rhythms, the Compás delivers a disciplined performance withAvalon_compas-diamond high transient speed & clarity of image definition.

This constant Q design generates critically damped driver resonances from octave to octave throughout the audio spectrum. With a Q of 0.5, ringing & transient smearing is eliminated.
Control networks within the Compás crossover are designed specifically to target high resolution & ambience retrieval under high current conditions. At its heart the Compás’s unique ceramic/honeycomb woofers deliver an authoritative low frequency response with unsurpassed transient accuracy, carefully blending with the highs for a “true to source” sound field reproduction. Proprietary low jitter circuitry clarifies the image boundaries to a high-resolution, suitable for professional monitoring, where microphone placement & phasing are critical.

Utilisation of the same diaphragm materials throughout the array adds to the continuity of harmonic structure in a crisp, seamless musical presentation devoid of stored energy; its rock solid imaging presented with a palpable density through accurate & colourful harmonic structures.
Designed by NEIL PATEL for Avalon Acoustics

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