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Stereophile gives runner up for the
Cosecant for Digital Product of the
year. My Streamlength USB was granted Digital Product of
the year and also Product of the Year in the Ayre QB9,
way to go guys! December 2009.
Computer Audiophile took a spin on the
Proton and really liked what they heard 6/22/09.
June 2009 Stereophile Magazine Wavelength’s
Cosecant The Best
USB DAC Yet!
I want to thanks Art Dudley and John
Atkinson for their hard work, page 77.
Stereophile Class A Rated Product
Music Served: Extracting Music from your
PC, by John Atkinson
High Fidelity and 6Moons geared up together for a review of
the Brick v2.
Home Entertainment December 2008, Computer Audio 101 by Peter Roth page 53,
BTW Peter bought both a Cosecant and a Crimson Balanced
for his own setup.
6Moons.com Stephæn Harrel November 2008 Cosecant V3 looks at the
differences between the V2 and V3 Cosecant.
New York Times 10/25/07 USB DAC
Technology. Especially good mention on the streaming
interview, take a listen the link is at the top left of
the page.
Art Dudley's Listening #33 in Stereophile
Magazine Recommended Component Class A for the original
Brick.
WaveLink HS 24/192
USB to SPDIF converter
I know you have been expecting
this release for a long time. We were waiting for OSX
version 10.6.4 to be released as there were some issues
with previous releases. Apple has released 10.6.4 and so we
are ready to release the WaveLink product. Since Windows
does not support Class 2 USB Audio we had to get a driver
capable of working with our product. We therefore have the
Thesycon USB Class 2 Audio driver available for our
products. All of the new setup is covered in the 24/192 page.
While this will not bring legacy DACS up to the
asynchronous capabilities of direct USB connectivity it
will do a lot for those people wanting to connect their
SPDIF dacs to computers. Since the clock in all transports
are changing the SPDIF output also has to change and this
is used to control the flow of audio data between a
transport and dac. With the WaveLink the clock is fixed and
therefore the SPDIF is fixed and this makes the receiver
section of any SPDIF connected device to work really well
because the internal PLL (Phase Lock Loop) that derives the
Audio DATA stream connects at one frequency, locks on and
stays there.
This means that the WaveLink has significantly better
jitter capabilities than most transports. It also has rates
available and shown with LED's for all the popular audio
frequencies (44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192KHz). The
WaveLink is shipped with a BNC connector for the best
response and is shipped with a suitable BNC-BNC SPDIF cable
and with a mating BNC->RCA adapter if your dac requires
this. A high grade USB 2.0 High Speed cable is also
included with each WaveLink.
$900 US Retail.
The New Brick v3 24/96 is finnally available. We should be offering upgrades in the next couple of weeks.
You can contact your dealer (or any dealer) to get your Brick converted to either the Transcendental Asynchronous v2 or the new 24/96. This is slightly delayed as of production problems but should be available soon.
V1 to V2 $250
V2 to 24/96 $250
V1 to 24/96 $350
Please call your dealer and setup and appointment and get an RUA# before sending the the unit in for upgrading. We only need the main unit not the cable or the power supply.
New stuff released at RMAF....
1) The well received Denominator Module for the Crimson was released. This module uses the Sabre32 dac chip with a lot of extra features $1500. Some pre-production units will be available in December.
2) Brick 24/96 was released same great price.
3) First glimpse of the WaveLink USB to SPDIF converter. We hope to have this available some time in early January.
Cosecant v3
Upgrade
Contact your dealer to get your Cosecant v2 upgraded to a
v3. This will give you modular dac support for formats up
to 24/96. If your Cosecant presently has the much older
walwart unit then then cost is $750 and you will receive a
new power supply, new motherboard inside the Cosecant and
the standard dac module. If you have the standard power
supply with removable IEC power cable then the cost is
$500. This upgrade includes the Transcendental 16 bit module. If
you want too upgrade to the 24 bit Numerator module that will cost an
extra $250. No need to send the cables or tube. But the
power supply will be upgraded as well. You will need to
contact a dealer to get a Return Upgrade Authorization
(RUA#) before sending the unit back. The unit will be
returned in the packaging it was sent in. If you have
questions, please don't hesitate to ask your dealer.
RMAF 2009
Wavelength, Vaughn and Nirvana Suite 9007
I would like to thank everyone who stopped out and made
this one of the best shows I can remember. We had people
banging on the door before 9am and staying way past
closing.
For the front end we used a 13"
MacBook Pro with 8 gigs of memory and an OCZ Vertex system
drive with a WD 1G and a Lacie 2G drive with our music
Libraries on them. So others could easily see what we were
doing we had a HP 22" Wide monitor. We were using Amarra
and iTunes for all the demos. You can also see the new
WaveLink USB to SPDIF converter.
Going USB to the Crimson 71A
(right) USB DAC outfitted with the new Denominator ESS
Sabre 32 bit dac module which was surprising everyone! From
the Crimson and to the Royal Directly Heated triode
preamplifier via Nirvana Audio SX Interconnects.
From the Royal Preamplifier to the Cardinal Ag amplifiers
via the Nirvana SX Interconnects.
The big surprise at the show
was the 93dB Cabernet Speakers from Vaughn Loudspeakers.The
comment were's the power cord for the woofers was
asked many a times.
What all that from those
300B SET Amps???????
As you entered you saw the
literature rack, Crimson Balanced with optional Volume
Control and the new Black Diamond Racing setup that we used
on all the products.
The Award Winning Cosecant v3 and the new 24/96 Brick.
MacBook Air, 640G Seagate Drive, Proton with the Senheiser
280 Pro
Show Links
Dave and Carol Clark from Positive
Feedback;
Jason Victor Serinus From
Stereophile...
really I am all jacked up on Clariton as the allergies
were crazy for all.
Steve Rochlin
EnjoyTheMusic.com
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