New tubes for the Trafomatic Audio Aries amplifier.

Created a timelapse movie of the Burson DA-160 as shown on the product page:

http://bursonaudio.com/DA_160.html

Fostex FE203En-S

Nye fulltone elementer i hus. Disse skal erstatte FE206E i Dallas II horna. Meget begrenset opplag på disse og jeg var heldig som fant et sett hos SpectrumAudio.
Nye hull måtte lages, da disse har 8 hull mot FE206E's 4. Fikk da satt i islagsmutter og kjøpt sorte bracobolter på Jernia.

Teknisk spesifikasjon

På japansk:
FE203En-S_Release.pdf

Great weekend in Utrecht.

From the show in Horten, Norway

Trafomatic Audio Aries playing on Dallas II with Fostex FE206E, Squeezebox Receiver with Benchmark DAC1 as source.

This is the latest creation from Burson Audio, a standalone DAC - with two USB inputs, one coax and one optical. Maximum resolution is 192 kHz / 24 bit on the coax and optical input, 96 kHz / 24 bit USB.

And with this in place I now have the ultimate Burson setup :D

Source: Squeezebox Touch
DAC: Burson DAC-160
PRE: Burson PRE-160
Power: Burson PP-160
Head-fi: Burson HA-160, AKG-702
Speakers: MonoPulse 42A

USBView

Under the hood. Here is a dump from USB View where the DAC is connected to the first USB port (U1):

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12431334/burson-dac-160-usbview.txt

Finally!



It was supposed to be released last spring, but now it's here, and it's good. There will be multiple releases of this record. First out is download editions including 44kHz /16 bit, 96kHz / 24 bit, and the most exciting, DSDIFF files. You can also buy a promo CD, but that is a gift if you get one of the download editions (valid if you purchase a download edition in July). In september a Hybrid SACD is released.

DSDIFF or Direct Stream Digital Interchange File Format, is a file container for the format used on the SACD layer, and most likely will the SACD edition and DSDIFF be the same, except you can't rip the SACD. You can play DSDIFF files using Korg AudioGate (mac/win). There is also a DSDIFF plugin for foobar2000 (win) that will play these files without a problem.

Pure Music from Channel D (mac) is also an option.

AudioGate can convert DSDIFF files to multiple formats including flac and Apple Lossless up to 192kHz / 24bit.

On the picture above I have made a 96 kHz / 24bit copy that I can play through a SqueezeBox / Benchmark DAC.

Sonics

As expected, this is the top of the line. The music is recorded live without overdubs, digital effects and so on, and is wonderfully captured by Cookie Marenco.

This is a no-brainer - get this one:

bluecoastrecords.downloadsnow.net/

New amplifier arrived.

This is the newest creature from Trafomatic Audio and Saša Čokić. I will add my impressions of this the following weeks.

In the meantime, check out the product page at http://trafomaticaudio.com/aries.php

And please stop by the facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/trafomaticaudio

Timelapse between light and dark

Thursday 19. may is a very special day. This day the Burson's was joined by the PRE-160.

Burson PRE-160 is the perfect companion together with the PP-160. This is a k.i.s.s. preamplifier with three inputs and one output, all RCA line level. The weight is a massive 12kg, nearly the same as the power amp!

Check out the product page for more information:

Preamplifier 160

The winter is passing by, the spring is on the knocking on the door.

#happy