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Rick@AllegroSound.com

"love what you listen with..." Digital

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Mission
AllegroSound has been dedicated to the
accurate recording and reproduction of
acoustic music for well over ¼ Century.
One can't please all the people all the time;
for those who value knowledge & experience,
AllegroSound is here to assist you.

for AllegroBio

Quid pro quo
Info presented here is extraordinarily labor-intensive;
if you have not purchased from us in the 36 years we've
been in business, your contribution commensurate
with value provided is very much appreciated.

Featuring
* AllegroQC™ with 36+ yrs experience.
* Safe-packing. Trust your purchase to
one who knows & cares to pack it right.

World-Wide Shipping

Trade-ins
Trade-ins are not final until received, inspected, tested
and approved by AllegroSound. Items failing to meet
our minimum standards will be returned at customer's
expense plus a $50 charge for inspection and testing.

If you're not in the market to Buy-Sell-Trade
TODAY, bookmark this page & check back later.
* all prices U.S. currency F.O.B. Los Angeles, California USA.
* prices without deposit subject to change without notice.
* AllegroLayAway™ with 20% non-refundable deposit.
* AllegroTradeUP™ with approved trade-in.

Unobtanium Class w/o market price

Condition
Some be 10~60 yrs old with imperfections,
including non-functioning indicator lights.
We do our best to describe known issues,
but, as one man's "good" is another's "poor",
symantics/condition cannot be guaranteed.
NO "mint", "minty", "perfect", "excellent", etc.
All pre-owned/used unless otherwise noted.
See Pics, MainsVoltage, Terms below.

if you need more info.

Pics
Pics are shown for display purposes
& may not represent exact condition.
Text trumps pics - read description!

if you need more info.

Mains Voltage

220~240 Vac

Terms & Conditions
Equipment is carefully Inspected, Cleaned,
Variac'd, Tested for dc-offset & Auditioned
in ref system before it leaves our facility.
Quality work w/TLC takes quality time;
I work at my pace & have orders ahead
of yours; item will ship when testing is
completed and packed for safe transit,
typically within 30 days of cleared funds.
Suitability sole responsibility of Buyer.
All items subject to prior sale or no sale.
Not responsible for errors, typos, etc.
Symantics/condition not guaranteed.
All equipment as-is without warranty.
Add 9.75% Sales Tax within California.
All costs, including, but not limited to,
packing, freight, duty, taxes, fees, etc,
are sole responsibility of Buyer & not
refundable under any circumstances.
All sales final. References on request.

DIGITAL
If you sample music at an infinite rate,
you'll approach analog but never equal it.
The best digital is digital that sounds less digital.

"Discrete bits be better bits! "

fabled Accuphase DC-81L
discrete Digital-to-Analog-Converter
(no off-the-shelf dac-chips here, folks!
this one assembled with discrete parts!
click link below for additional information)
with matching DP-80L Reference Transport
spinning SONY's fabled R1 drive mechanism,
all-time-best decoding of 44.1 Red-Book cd's
and 48 kHz dat's. Discrete bits be better bits!
(or, you could pay 16x more for dcs Scarlatti,
5x more for Boulder 1021, or 2x for Krell 505)

Accuphase DC-81L + DP-80L

Camelot Technology Arthur v1 DAC,
Original version w/onboard AC/DC ps,
2 RCA Coax + Toslink Optical inputs,
choice of black or silver faceplate.

Camelot Arthur v1 DAC

"...noise and stridency...are banished..."

Enlightened Audio Designs
EAD DSP-7000G MB-2/909
Digital-to-Analog Converter
#020097 with optional 24c
gold-plated 3/8" front panel,
original Series One version,
RCA + Toslink in, RCA out.
"a genuine breakthrough of enormous proportions;
noise and stridency I had feared were endemic to the cd
medium are banished; the result is music with breathtaking
clarity and detail." −KB, Editor, Hi-Fi Heretic magazine.
"..sweet..smooth..detailed..analog-ish..fine bass. MF,TAS.

EAD DSP-7000-Gold digital converter

improves transports and dacs...

Perpetual Technologies P1A,
latest DSP-enabled Version
with your choice of SOCS
and UPgraded power supply.
* UPsamples to 48kHz or 96kHz.
* Enhances resolution to 24-bits.
* Lowers jitter to 2ps, RCA-XLR-i2.
* Converts RCA/i2 to AES/EBU-XLR.
Demo unit with Factory Warranty.
Optional P3A DAC below available.
"...the timbral qualities of instruments seemed
more true to life, with less of the synthetic
'digital' character that many dislike about
CD sound...Class A rating." −Stereophile.

Perpetual Technologies P1A

"...resolution...dynamics...coherence...sonic purity..."

Perpetual Tech P3A 24/96 DAC,
upsamples 44.1 kHz to 96 kHz,
RCA + AES-EBU + I2S + Toslink.
Latest ver w/Factory Warranty.
Optional P1A above available.
"...exceptional performance..."
Secrets Of HT & High Fidelity.

Perpetual Tech P3A DAC

a better way to spin your cd's...