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M2Tech HiFace back in stock! |
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Monday, 08 March 2010 04:23 |
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The M2Tech HiFace digital audio interface from Italy has proven to be a very popular product. It caught both us and the manufacturer by surprise and caught us all with no stock soon after it's worldwide release.
I can tell you that listening to a few 24/192 albums I downloaded from Linn Records plus select tracks from Reference Recordings and 2L, the sound quality proved to be staggering. If you are at all interested in downloading high-resolution music and playing it back at its native sampling/bitrate but don’t want to spend four- or five-figure sums, get a hiFace. It's definitely the coolest audio product I tried all year. 6moons.com
Well, the good news is that a fresh shipment arrived today, including the BNC version. However we are already low on the BNC version so if you want one, do not hesitate to get your order in now.
The M2Tech hiFace USB interface from Italy has been conceived to obtain the highest quality digital audio signal using a PC or MAC. hiFace input format is a data stream signal with sampling frequency/resolution up to 192kHz/24bits, available from a PC or MAC USB port.
A very high quality S/PDIF stereo audio output signal is available from hiFace for your Hi-Fi system DAC (Digital to Analog Converter). HiFace looks like a small USB pendrive, featuring a very compact size. Internal very low jitter oscillators and proprietary drivers allow for playing 192kHz/24bits audio files that feature the best signal quality.
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New Bel Canto products on the way to Australia |
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 01:43 |
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At this years CES Show in Las Vegas, Bel Canto announced a significant number of new products, not least of which was a trio of news DAC's to expand their line up which was spear headed by the DAC3VB released a few months earlier. The first shipment of these new DAC's as well as the new Amplifiers, are on the way to Australia now.
 The two new power amplifiers are the S125 and the new baby reference amplifier, the REF150S. The S125 is a very affordable way to get into Bel Canto Class D amplification, and provides 65 watts into 8 ohm loads, per channel, or 130 watts per channel into 4 ohm loads.
The REF150S is Bel Canto's response to a demand for a reference class dual mono power amplifier for those who do not require the massive output of their larger REF500M and REF1000M models which put out 500 watts and 1000 watts respectively. The REF150S outputs a more modest 75 watts into 8 ohms, and 150 watts into 4 ohm loads, per channel.
 With the new range of DAC's, Bel Canto has introduced two models that provide significant improvements to older DAC's, first of which is a 24/96kHz USB input to make connection to a computer both simple and superb. In addition the DAC1.5 and DAC2.5 also feature a high quality headphone output on the front panel, making them very viable choices for the headphone audiophile.
The new top-of-the-line DAC3.5VB is designed to be the centre piece of a high end sound system with primarily digital inputs. However, the DAC3.5VB also has a single analog input as well to cater for that last bit of analog gear you may have such as a tape deck or, with the addition of a phono pre-amplifier, a turntable.
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