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The WAVE is a unique product combining a killer 24/96 Digital to Analog Converter with a full-featured audiophile analog vacuum tube preamplifier. It is one of the very few products equally at home as the heart of a professional Mastering studio facility as it is as the centerpiece of an audiophile home system. The combination of features and functions came about from analyzing existing systems and finding them functional but lacking in elegance in signal flow, operational convenience, and synergy. We set out to build something we wanted in our own living rooms, something that could be upgraded as new standards evolved, and something that could be flexible to work with mixed balanced, unbalanced, analog, and digital connections. A swiss army knife of sorts... The digital board used in the first generation units, (the "First Waves" as it were) was designed around the ULTRAANALOG 20-bit DACs, the AES-21 jitter reduction input module, and the Pacific Microsonics HDCD decoder. This chipset ruled the 1990's audiophile digital world. In early 2002 we commissioned an excellent 24 bit, 96KHz DAC board design from talented designer Fred Forssell for the second generation units, in current production as of this writing. The WAVE accepts four digital inputs in the following formats: AES, SPDIF, TOSLINK, and ST Glass Fiber. The four analog inputs come as stock 2 RCA + 2 XLR. Other configurations can be custom-ordered as desired. To provide extra flexibility in system integration, we have included an Insert Loop (term borrowed from the recording studio world) perhaps more commonly referred to as a Tape Loop or Processor Loop in Audiophile-land. Three outputs are provided: outputs 2 and 3 can be switched; output 1 is always on.
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FAN MAIL:
Hi You Guys,
Thanks for getting the preamp to me on
Friday.
No other contemporary electronics I've heard has such a beautiful and tonefull sound. This is one piece that will enjoy my entire life. -------- and later...... EveAnna, I am blown away. After about 3 or 4 hours warmup this thing really lights up! The bass tightens and deepens with that beautiful tone becoming more pronounced. Everything else is so amazingly big, bright and open....how did you do it? I never heard anything so seductive before :) I just had to thank you again!
Yours,
Matt
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Rear View of The WAVE and PSU
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Features And Specifications |
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THE WAVE 24/96 version FEATURES:
DIGITAL SECTION
ANALOG SECTION
+22dBu produces +28.18dBu on output at 1KHz before clipping 8 Hz to 45 kHz +/- 3 dB INPUT / OUTPUT:
(Output 1 is always on. You can toggle between outputs 2 and 3 or switch both on at the same time with jumper setting) ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
REMOTE CONTROL RANGE MEASUREMENTS: If the remote is closer than 9 feet, the maximum angle response is around 60 to 75 degrees which is the counter sink angle of the receiver's hole in the front panel. Measurements done with new set of batteries.
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Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price: $7500 clams (USD $) Note: (Expect extra
NRE charges approx $250 for anything involving October 2004 Note: Brand new remote controls are in production and in stock. |
If you have the older 20 Bit version
and you want to UPGRADE to this 24/96 version,
Email EveAnna to upgrade to
the 24 Bit 96Khz version.
The Upgrade costs $1000 and includes user-retrofittable 24/96 DAC board
and new faceplate.
Instructions and assistance drawings for performing this upgrade are linked to below. Open them and print them all out.
Replacing
the Digital Board/Upgrade Procedure
Drawing
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