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ARIES CERAT ARIES CERAT ITHAKA DAC

Price: 49,500.00 € | Second-hand device

Product information

Product category
D/A Converter
Manufacturer
ARIES CERAT
Function
flawless
Age
2 years 6 months According to imprint
Usage state
second-hand
Appearance
signs of usage
Accessories
complete with original box
Color
BLACK/STAINLESS STEEL
Original price
82,000.00 €
Price
49,500.00 €
More information
http://aries-cerat.eu/
Serial number
0000

Description

The Aries Cerat Ithaka DAC: A Benchmark in Digital-to-Analog Conversion
The Aries Cerat Ithaka DAC stands as a monumental achievement in high-end audio engineering, embodying Aries Cerat's uncompromising design philosophy. Positioned just below their flagship systems, the Ithaka delivers state-of-the-art performance by challenging conventional digital audio paradigms through radical, proprietary architecture.

1. Proprietary R2R Resistor Ladder Architecture
Rather than relying on off-the-shelf delta-sigma conversion chips, the Ithaka utilizes a bespoke, discrete R2R ladder DAC architecture. This meticulous design ensures that digital audio signals are converted with absolute phase integrity and minimal jitter, preserving the raw emotional nuance, micro-dynamics, and harmonic richness of the original recording.

2. Zero Negative Feedback & Tube Output Stage
True to Aries Cerat’s philosophy, the Ithaka employs a zero-negative-feedback topology paired with a heavy-duty, transformer-coupled tube output stage. This approach eliminates transient intermodulation distortion and brings an effortless, organic fluidity to the music. Vocals and instruments are rendered with striking realism, lifelike timbre, and a natural three-dimensional "air" that solid-state topologies struggle to replicate.

3. Advanced Power Supply Engineering
Power delivery is foundational to the Ithaka's sonic superiority. The unit features a massively oversized, multi-stage regulated power supply utilizing custom-wound transformers and premium filtering components. This ensures absolute channel separation, black-background silence, and limitless dynamic headroom during complex musical passages.

4. Sonic Performance and Superiority
Resolution Meets Musicality: The Ithaka achieves the impossible by retrieving micro-details and ultra-fine textures without ever sounding analytical or fatiguing.

Soundstage and Imaging: It constructs a vast, holographic soundstage with pinpoint instrument localization and tangible body, making listeners feel as though they are present in the live acoustic space.

Dynamic Authority: From the softest whisper to explosive orchestral crescendos, the Ithaka delivers thunderous bass control, effortless scale, and relentless transient speed.

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