Auris Euterpe Tube Headphone Amp Dac

Description: The Auris Audio Euterpe is the company’s latest desktop tube amp featuring a headphone, DAC/Preamp capability and a unique enclosure that duals as a headphone stand. It retails for €1,499.00. Multi-functional It can act as an all-in-one desktop amplifier and DAC, a pure DAC (with modern source OTG input capability), a pre-amp, and a pure tube headphone amplifier. The one additional function, that I did not include in the original 4 as its more outside than inside, is the ability for it to also act as a headphone stand. DAC The DAC inside has some baseline specs including a decoding capability of up to DSD128, PCM max 32bit/384kHz with an XMOS USB stage for digital audio input. We do know the DAC inside is a Sabre DAC so my presumption is that it is an ES9018 and the DSD128 limit comes from the XMOS implementation. Aesthetic I find the Euterpe to be attractive, unusual and with function as well as form. This is a tall and quite beautiful design with a mix of aluminum and walnut wood housed on a steady rubber footed metal plinth. It really stands out for how unique it looks but I am sure Auris will want to give some credit to Valentin, the CEO of Kennerton Audio for the original inspiration behind some of the design with their Atlas amp. The name Euterpe is also relevant here being one of the nine muses of Greek mythology and the Goddess of music. The actual shape is intended to be in the form of a harp or lyre though Euterpe historically is more associated with a double flute. I believe it is Erato, another muse who is known to have a lyre in her hand in many classical depictions. A Headphone Stand I am digressing though. Suffice to say the wood finish surrounding the much smaller aluminum amp enclosure is distinctive. Yet on top of the Euterpe, you will find another useful function provided from a small curve in the middle of the wood enclosure. This curve is designed to also act as a headphone stand and yes, it will take a full-size headphone and no, it won’t heat up and burn your precious cans. I left the Empyrean on it for 4-5 hours the first night and apart from some mild warmth on the strap, there were no side effects. The tubes are aligned centrally at the top of the matte black aluminum housing with good separation between the top and sides of the wooden enclosure. They seem well protected from bumps, knocks and accidental finger touching. Aurisaudio.rs

Price: 749 USD

Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia

End Time: 2024-09-14T15:37:31.000Z

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