Companies Warwick Acoustics and GoldenSound have worked together to improve every aspect of the system setup, from extending the bass to enhancing the high frequencies, leaving no detail unnoticed. The result is a system that combines precision and musicality, offering realistic timbre, expansive soundstage, and controlled bass.
Features:
- Choice of professionals for use as reference monitors in music processing, mastering, and mixing;
- DAC-amplifier for headphones equipped with balanced and unbalanced analog inputs;
- Fullness and richness of sound, wide and three-dimensional soundstage;
- Output stages of the device operate in class A and are based on field transistors;
- Built-in DAC is designed in a "dual mono" concept and is capable of processing PCM signals up to 32 bit / 384 kHz and DSD up to DSD256.
Aperio GoldenSound Edition features a complete redesign of both the digital and analog signal paths, ensuring exceptional sound quality when working with any source. Whether you are using the system's built-in DAC or connecting to an external DAC or vinyl system, the analog signal path remains clean and unaffected by digital processing. This approach guarantees that the sound will always be natural and uncolored, providing authentic listening experience that matches the original recording.
On the front panel of the device, there are power button, volume control, high-resolution color LCD screen, headphone outputs, and switch for headphone output mode and line output.
The frequency response range of the headphones with the amplifier extends from 10 Hz to 60 kHz. The system is capable of providing sound pressure of 104 dB when connected analogically and 106 dB when using digital switching. The ear pads and headband of the over-ear headphones are lined with soft sheepskin leather, with the surface of the ear pads perforated for better ventilation. A two-meter balanced cable made of silver-plated multi-strand copper with silicone insulation, reinforced with Kevlar, connects to both earcups.
Key structural elements of the headphones, such as ear pads, are made of die-cast magnesium - a rigid material that is lighter and significantly better at dampening than aluminum and most polymers. With die-cast magnesium, complex and precise parts can be manufactured, which usually require CNC machining.
Aperio uses a new HPEL transducer with a balanced drive (BD-HPEL) - a variant of the High Precision Electrostatic Laminate (HPEL) transducer from Warwick Acoustics with a symmetrical drive, originally designed for the Sonoma Model One headphone system. The BD-HPEL main technology has been enhanced to be resistant to environmental changes, such as temperature and humidity fluctuations; stable in operation and sound quality over time; and very durable.
The DAC-amplifier for headphones is equipped with balanced and unbalanced analog inputs. It also features digital connectivity - USB-B port, RJ45, balanced AES/EBU input, and coaxial SPDIF. The built-in DAC is designed in a "dual mono" concept and is capable of processing PCM signals up to 32 bit / 384 kHz and DSD up to DSD256, both in DoP format and native. There are also analog outputs - balanced and unbalanced, allowing the component to be used as a preamplifier if needed. The device's output stages operate in class A and are based on field transistors.
The component's housing is fully aluminum. The power supply of the device provides completely separate power supply for channels and is reliably shielded from other amplifier blocks.
Package includes:
- Amplifier with DAC;
- Headphones;
- Case;
- Documentation.
