Hürth, Germany | June 2022 – Effective Immediately, TIDAL-Audio GmbH is proud to announce the TIDAL Contros, a new digital controller.
The TIDAL Contros is designed to be the perfect digital music content controller for TIDAL high-end systems. This is the first TIDAL masterpiece directly benefitting from the ultra-exclusive TIDAL for Bugatti project and its MC-1 controller as basically a synergy-scaled version. The TIDAL Contros combines core technologies from the Camira, Arkas and Prisma within one cabinet. All it needs is power, ethernet, then connection to a power amp and it’s ready to perform at TIDAL reference level, to simplify the listeners experience without compromising it.
SPECIFICATIONS
• • TIDAL Contros: level controlled digital-to-music converter with streaming unit and 4 digital inputs
• • pure discrete designed 32-bit non-oversampling 8xR2R ladder DAC without pre-ringing and post-ringing proprietary and ASRT² Analog Signal Remediation Technology
• • lossless volume control: the signal output level is directly adjusted inside the ladder DAC
• • metal remote control
• • every function-module in the TIDAL Contros has its own voltage supply, separated for each channel
• • 3 x SPDIF in: coaxial RCA, AES XLR, optical
• • 1 x proprietary TIDAL-link input interface with high-speed low voltage differential signal driver/receiver
• • fully discrete Class-A output amplifier, balanced and unbalanced output
• • music data streaming input: LAN ethernet (1000 BASE-T), USB storage/hard disk (single partition FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, EXT2/3)
• • multi clock system for utmost precision in timing, MQA decoding, DSD over PCM support
• • UPnP AV protocol with audio streaming extension, gapless playback
• • supported formats: DSF (DSD), DFF (DSD), DoP (DSD), FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, MQA, MP3, AAC (M4A)
• • native support for Tidal music streaming, Qobuz music streaming, MQA, Apple AirPlay, TuneIn internet radio, Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect music streaming
• • Dimensions: 44cm x 13cm x 39cm / 17.3″ x 5.1″ x 15.3″ (width x height x length)
• • Weight: 36 lbs. / 16,6 kg
• • US price: USD $60.000
• • More info and photos: www.tidal-audio.com/contros
Tags: DIGITAL SOURCE MUSIC SERVER TIDAL
By TAS Staff
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