All-Engineering BV
https://metrumacoustics.com
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Think clarity. The ADAGIO does a wonderful job of presenting even the most complex music
in a natural and inviting manner with every last ounce of nuance intact. There’s no artificial
sounding edge, no sense of a flat cut-out image, basically none of digital’s nastier stuff. In
some cases, this can also come with a somewhat dark and muddy sound but that is absolutely
not the case with the ADAGIO;
think clarity
.
The ADAGIO allows you to hear into the recording and the recording’s quality. This is
somewhat of a good news/bad news proposition in that you’ll really hear what’s there.
Pure & Simple with Pre-Amplification
What more can you do after launching one of the best DAC’s available today? We are aware
that our current flagship ADAGIO is hard to beat but at least one idea was not realized yet.
The idea of having a decent volume control to prevent a necessary pre-amplifier could
improve performance dramatically. However, we also know that the way of introducing such
device in the signal chain can also have a negative effect.
Experiments were made and as result the best sound was coming directly from our
Transient™ modules. Even the digital approach did not convince us but still one idea was not
tried yet. Especially in case of R2R ladder DACs it is quite easy to change the output voltage
of the DAC by changing its reference voltage but to realize this, dedicated DAC boards were
designed to get the best regulation possible.
Like our PAVANE, “forward correction” techniques are used to drive both mono DAC
boards. The result of this process is an extremely high linearity, right down to -140 dB, which
gives the ADAGIO a realistic 24-bit dynamic range. The ADAGIO is a forward as it omits a
pre-amplifier. It is musical, honours the Non-oversampling principle and simultaneously
incorporating the technological progress that has been made over the years.
The ADAGIO is build up with a double well damped frame and will avoid vibrations due to
the use of bituminous material. Around this strong body beautiful shaped aluminium panels
are used to make it even stronger. The chosen approach masks the use of screws from most
important directions. As standard, a remote will be delivered to control the available digital
inputs.
note:
The ADAGIO will reach its maximum performance after a three to four
weeks usage.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Read Instructions.
2.
Keep these Instructions.
3.
Heed all Warnings.
4.
Follow all Instructions.
5.
Do not use this apparatus near water.