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AudioNemesis
M DC1 REV.02 ENG MAR 2007
DC-1 D/A audio converter: product philosophy and design
AudioNemesis
was born to offer serious and reliable products, instruments for Music lovers. At the centre of all
AudioNemesis
products there is only Music. No space for special effects, or similar
for impressing Audiophiles
and Music Lovers since the first listening. There are a lot of products made for impressing and not made for
the Music, and expert audiophiles can verify it. This kind of products, very common, never maintain the
promises and, after a few listenings only, audiophiles feel the need for a change! This is due to a poor and not
natural sound. This is not true for the
AudioNemesis
products, made for Music instead.
The reproduction of Music is a repeatable event by definition and also unperfect. Reproduction may have
many interpretations. The one by
AudioNemesis
put Emotion
Emotion
Emotion
Emotion behind everything, a step ahead, because this is
the only common element between Produced (Live) Music and Reproduced (Home) Music. Emotion is the
essence of the Music. Listening to Music using
AudioNemesis
products you will have all the Emotion of Live
Music, without special effects, without pretending, no false creations. Natural feeling, richness of harmonics,
details of the event: everything is reproduced with a very clear sense of LIVE, without false aspects, without
false sounds. Details without hyper-details, 3D reconstruction without false details. It will be very easy to
listen to discs and discs, and i twill be impossible to come back to the previous system without
AudioNemesis
products
.
To reach these results, not common at any cost level,
AudioNemesis
products are designed without
preconceptions, without following trends, and without following the latest technology “innovation”. On the
contrary, circuit simplicity and a minimum number of components is a key element. Less is better, but we do
want to use the right device for the right purpose in the right way. These products are simple appliances, using
only the minimum quantity of parts for the proper work, following “the simpler the better, but not even
“the simpler the better, but not even
“the simpler the better, but not even
“the simpler the better, but not even
simpler”
simpler”
simpler”
simpler”.
Every single choice for the circuit, for the components etc. is done after a serious and complete evaluation of
all the characteristics: reliability, sonic impact, quality. Every single choice has been taken after very long
listening tests, never casual. The long experience of the designers is doing the rest. The final balance is a very
important aspect of each product, a mandatory
part for
AudioNemesis
.
Very few persons are involved in each project, design, development, construction. All these people are
predisposed to the defined goals. This way a good control on the products is possible. All
AudioNemesis
products are hand made in Italy and checked one by one.
AudioNemesis DC-1
is a very special product, designed and built in a unique way for its class. This is an
instrument for Emotions, for Music.
This design is a breaking point, because it’s totally different from what offered by the market. A simple circuit,
full of uncommon choices for its class and rare in absolute, no matter the cost. Each choice has been thinking
only to the Music.
The market of digital to analogue converters in this class (but also up to 4 times the cost) is full of similar
products, similar in schematic and sound. And maybe with the latest chip. It’s very rare to see original designs,
with real study and research on sound (with clear ideas and listening tests). In effect, a lot of audiophiles often
change their products because they are not satisfied.
This is not the case of the
DC-1
.
With the
DC-1
,
AudioNemesis
breaks the wall of standards products, so common in its class. At last a product
for the Music only.
We didn’t use anything useless for the music, starting from the chassis
chassis
chassis
chassis, a simple but very effective design. It’s
impact to the final cost was not critical, despite the fine construction and design. The front panel is in Plexiglas
with the name
AudioNemesis
with rear blue leds and the rest of the chassis is painted with a special scratch
proof black paint, able to reduce unwanted vibrations too.
Mains voltage is often distorted and full of noise. For this reason in the
DC-1
there is a custom filter
filter
filter
filter for the
mains voltage before the main power transformer (and not a standard one).
The power transformer
power transformer
power transformer
power transformer seems standard but it is custom designed and built for
AudioNemesis
by one of the
best manufacturers, with separated secondary for digital and analogue sections, with a grain oriented silicon
core, low loss and high efficiency
.
