AQUA ACOUSTIC La Diva M2 CD Transport

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It must be sincere, I had never used a CD drive worthy of the name so far. Customers went to the auditorium with their drive to compare my system Melco / Sotm demo and every time we had a good laugh (well, me, not the owners of the drive) as their drive was strongly colored not to say clumsy face to the excellent Melco / sotm demat system.

I had been warned by a customer that the La Diva drive was clean. It is with, almost a certain sufficiency, that I installed the Drive directly on the Aqua La Scala optologic in I2S ...

And there, the emotional shock. I put an album of Dead Can Dance (Lisa Gerrard) that I listened to a lot ... I remained petrified, stuck in my chair by the emotional power released by the music. The shock lasted a few hours or even a few days, a few weeks ... how can it be that I felt so much the heart of the music?

Organic, deep, skin-deep, album listenings, chained in a hypnotic trance.

I tried to understand the reasons for this emotional shock. I asked Cristian Anelli (A & R Aqua) why this drive gave me what I have never heard in hifi?

He just answered "The Art of Digital Domain".

It is voluntarily, that I will not make any technical comment ... my excellent system of demat has more resolution, details, but not so much emotion. It makes you humble. There is still some way to go (a path already well underway) for the demat to reach the heights of this masterpiece that is La Diva. Not that it sounds the same but that it provides so much pleasure.

The Diva is my master and he shows me the way to where the demat should go. It's great because I have, therefore, eliminated a lot of products in a state that do not know how to make music. Out of politeness, I would not list the names. Simply Melco and Sotm are on the right track.

The Aqua La Diva is my great sonic shock of recent years alongside the Harbeths SHL5 +, all products Aqua, Sotm, Melco and Charlin brand.

The I2S link in RJ45 Ethernet cable is fabulous between La Diva and the 3 AQUA DACs. Much better than spdif / AES etc ...

· Ultra high performance proprietary ISDC digital decoding (Isolated Synchronous Discrete Circuit) and clock manager
Acculink (I2S protocol), our uncompromising digital connection, employs CAT6 cable to transmit to the DAC

· Transport unit: top loading Philips CD-Pro2 customized

· Separate custom-built toroidal transformers for digital and servo motors/actuators to prevent interference

· High-performance multi-stage voltage regulator (high-current stage for accurate servo cd rotation, tracking and focus)

· Appropriate error correction algorithms

· Galvanic and magnetic isolation between CD drive unit and digital output

· Anti-resonant high-mass iron sub chassis with Nextel for the Drive unit cancels internal and external acoustic and mechanical    vibrations, enabling exceptionally accurate "Red Book" RF signal

· Moplen clamp to avoid flywheel masses and vibrations

· Aluminium top loading tray machined from billet

· Aluminium anti-resonant cabinet with Nextel

· Device firmware upgradeable

· Fluorescent display (VFD) with user off-selectable illumination

· Designed and handmade in Italy

Output:

Acculink (I2S protocol)
AES/EBU
BNC coax (S/PDIF)
RCA coax (S/PDIF)
ST fiber (AT&T)

BNC word clock