Aragon D2A Digital-to-Analog Converter (Feb. 1990)

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Let Aragon save you from Digital Hell. The D2A will convert you.


Let Aragon save you from Digital Hell. The D2A will convert you.

  • All digital IC's are computer socket mounted for easy upgradability
  • Both optical and coaxial inputs
  • Digital output for digital recording
  • Highest quality gold plated chassis mount connectors
  • Remote digital domain absolute phase invert switch
  • Digital processor board fully separated and isolated from analog circuit board
  • 11 separate regulated DC power supplies
  • Reed relays with rhodium plated contacts, hermetically sealed in an inert gas atmosphere
  • Swiss made gold plated connector for external power supply
  • All discrete technology in analog section no IC's used
  • Zinc chromated EMI shield prevents digital noise and RF radiation from entering analog section
  • Each D/A chip has its own independent power supply
  • Aragon 24k class A phono circuit topology utilized for current to voltage conversion
  • Highest quality metallized polypropylene capacitors
  • All analog circuitry is fully dual-mono with separate DC power supplies for each channel
  • Face plate and knob machined from a solid billet of aluminum
  • Dual D/A converter chips are hand selected and trimmed for most significant bit
  • Three digital inputs accept any combination of digital sources, i.e., CD, DAT, Video Disc and Satellite down link
  • Digital circuitry co-designed by Theta Digital Corp.
  • Includes proprietary reclocking of digital information
  • LED information display of sampling rate, absolute phase and de-emphasis circuitry activation
  • All components and circuit connections are soldered to military specifications Digital oversampling filter, co-designed by Texas Instruments, found in CD players costing $4,000+

-- Aragon's D2A converter will deliver state-of-the-art sound quality from any CD player with a digital output. --

MONDIAL DESIGNS LIMITED: Two Elm Street, Ardsley, New York 10502, USA. (914) 693-8008

(Source: Audio magazine, Feb. 1990)

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