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Cary Audio Design, known for high performance high-end audio and video products, trumpets in 2009 with gusto, showcasing the new Xciter Integrated Stereo Amplifier, matching Xciter 192 kHz/32 BIT DAC and the award-winning Cinema 11a High-Definition Audio Processor at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), January 8th through the 10th, in Las Vegas. Computer-savvy sound buffs, thirsting for phenomenal sound, score hours of listening excitement with the Xciter Integrated vacuum tube Stereo Amplifier and matching Xciter D/A converter driven USB from a lap top computer. The internal components are exceptionally put together to create a compact desktop entertainment system. It packs exhilaration, enjoyment and excellence in a concentrated ‘rhythm box system.’ The new Xciter amplifier contains two 12AX7A input gain stage/driver stage tubes and four 6L6GC output tubes. A sleek exterior has a subtle touch of translucent blue LED back lighting that reflects the natural radiance of the vacuum tubes, as it provides five watts per channel in class A triode Cary Audio sound. The beauty is that the listener can take advantage of the entire amplifier through the headphone output. A front panel switch allows the user to select between external speakers or headphones. The circuitry is optimized to provide a good match for all high quality headphones from four to 400 ohms. The Xciter Integrated Amplifier, along with the matching Xciter Digital to Analog Converter, are the first in a series of products to come under the Cary Audio Xciter collection of products. The excitation doubles when the amplifier is teamed with the new Xciter D/A (Digital/Analog) USB Converter. This compact desktop 192kHz/32 Bit DAC features a computer USB input along with optical input and two coaxial inputs, all selectable from the front panel. For a videopoly of moving pictures to strike you with verve, energy, and vitality, in only a way that Cary Audio Design can, see the Cinema 11v high-performance HD video processor, switcher and scaler. It incorporates the latest Faroudja® DCDi video technology, and can scale any video input to WUXGA 120 Hz 1080p video output. It converts any input to any output and features HDMI 1.3 inputs (six) and outputs (two). Video ideologists, hungry for high-performance display, actualize hearty home-cinema experiences with a Cinema Series combo. The new Cinema 11a High-Definition Audio Processor is generating a big sound wave with its capabilities. It has the ability to decode and playback both the raw bit stream and lossless linear PCM signals from the latest high-resolution audio formats. Ratchet it up a notch with the Model 2.125 two-channel amplifier. It provides 125 watts of clean, cool-running amplification. This new unit is intended to be used as a Zone 2 amplifier when paired with the new Cinema 11a, or to power the rear surround speakers of a seven-channel home theater system. The Model 7.125 and Model 7.250 are both seven-channel amplifiers that provide 125 watts and 250 watts per channel respectively. The following is a list of the Cary Audio Design products we will have on display at booth 29-111, Venetian Towers at this year’s CES:
We’re pleased to demonstrate our Xciter and Cinema Series products at CES 2009 in fabulous Las Vegas. We invite you to our booth 29-111, Venetian Towers to find out what all our Xcitement is about, from the most musical and sonically truthful vacuum-tube two-channel audio equipment, to the most technologically advanced home theater products available today. |
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This innovative integrated power amplifier was conceived to be a small desktop integrated unit, and designed to please the discerning headphone fanatic and the high-end audiophile alike. In the Cary tradition, it features a gorgeous cabinet, and has a subtle touch of translucent blue LED back lighting to complement the natural beauty of the vacuum tubes. There is a standard quarter-inch diameter, three-circuit headphone output jack located conveniently on the front panel to pipe the music to your favorite set of cans. The circuitry is optimized to provide a good match for all high quality headphones from four to 600 ohms. A front panel switch allows the user to select between external speakers or headphones. The beauty of the Xciter headphone amplifier is that the listener can take advantage of the entire amplifier through the headphone output. When the headphone selector is engaged, the user is listening to the entire amplifier, from the input section to the output transformer. Additional features are loudspeaker outputs and sub woofer outputs - one for each channel, and the motorized remote control function for adjusting listening level and mute. The amplifier’s platform contains two 12AX7A input gain stage/driver stage tubes and four 6L6GC output tubes. Power output is five watts per channel in an eight-ohm load and class A triode mode. It features three selectable line inputs per channel (RCA single ended and gold plated). Sub-woofer outputs are RCA single-ended: one for each channel and gold plated. Capacitors are polystyrene, film, and foil. Power supply capacitors are 7 x 100 microfarad @ 450 VDC (low impedance electrolytic) and 2 x 0.22 microfarad @ 600 VDC (polystyrene Kimber Kaps). Speaker posts are gold-plated copper five-way binding posts. The Xciter Amplifier’s power transformer is high-efficiency Toroidal for both high voltage and low voltage requirements. Power consumption is 85 watts at full-power output. The Xciter headphone integrated amplifier is the first in a series of products to come under the Xciter name. The next Xciter product from Cary Audio Design will be a matching Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) featuring USB, coaxial and TOSLINK inputs. Please stay tuned. Let the Xcitement begin! |
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The Cinema 11a may be used with DVD players and other devices that convert video signals and scale them to higher resolution. To get the optimum surround sound combined with the most vivid, cinematic effects, match the Cinema 11a with Cary Audio Design’s Cinema 11v, the highest-performing video scaler/switcher/processor available. The Cinema Series products offer high-performance multi-channel sound and video reproduction to movie lovers and surround-sound music lovers. |
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When playing back SACD’s, the internal wordclock frequency is 22.5792 MHz, rather than the usual 11.2896 MHz, which offers even greater resolution. Stereophile ran tests on an Audio Precision System One and the Miller Audio Research Jitter Analyzer. The maximum output level from balanced jacks was 5.9 V with both CD and SACD data, and it was 2.93 V from the unbalanced jacks. Both sets of outputs preserved absolute polarity. Output impedance was very low, at 198 Ohms at all frequencies, balanced, and 99 Ohms unbalanced. High, current-regulated power supplies come from large, multiple power transformers and high-current regulators. The internal copper chassis, along with a vented top cover, adds strength, durability, and incredible transport shielding. Atkinson states, “I enormously enjoyed my time with the Cary CD 306 Professional Version. It’s on the expensive side, but for your $8000 you get a well-engineered, solidly built, superb-sounding player with close to state-of-the-art measured performance. And it has that very useful digital input, for use with a network music player. Recommended.” For Atkinson’s complete review of the CD 306 SACD Professional Version CD player, see “State-of-the Art SACD Sound from Cary” in Stereophile’s November issue on newstands. |
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This innovative new push-pull power amplifier is rated at 60 watts per channel in triode mode and 120 watts per channel in ultra linear mode, both rated into an eight-ohm speaker load. The power output is rated at full power from 17 Hz to 23 kHz with rated distortion of less than one percent total harmonic distortion (THD). The output circuit may be switched ‘on the fly’ from triode mode operation to ultra linear mode by using a front panel mode operation button. Triode and ultra linear indicator light-emitting diodes above the mode operation button visually confirm the mode in which the power amplifier is working. The vacuum tube complement, for each channel of the CAD 120S, consists of one 6SN7 octal socket vacuum tube for the input stage, one 6SN7 octal socket vacuum tube for the driver stage and four KT 88 pentode output power tubes. The circuit is a Pure Balanced design with separate RCA and XLR inputs. A soft start circuit is built in for long life and easy turn on, and it features 1,120 microfarads of capacitance in the power supply section. The output transformers and the power transformer are covered by a single transformer cover, painted to match the rest of the chassis. The chassis is finished in Jaguar Anthracite black paint finish, covered with a hard clear coat finish, and comes with a silver anodized aluminum front panel as standard. Front panel meters indicate the circuit bias setting for each channel. These visually indicate proper operation. |
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Cary Audio Design is thrilled to introduce the most recent addition to its storied history of superb vacuum-tube audio technologies, the Xciter integrated amplifier.
Cary Audio Design won ‘2008 Product of the Year’ from Electronic House magazine for the CAD 120S Power Amplifier. Votes were based upon technological innovation, overall value, and outstanding features from Editors of Electronic House Publishing’s four magazines.