THE Show Newport 2012 Hot Product
Antelope Audio's Rubicon digital/analog
preamp combines all of the company's highest-level circuits into a single chassis. These
include a 384kHz D-to-A converter, a Rubidium atomic clock, a gold-plated relay volume
control, a low-noise JFET phono stage and a dual-stage headphone amplifier. Users can
perform high-resolution digitization of analog sources and stream music via USB at up to
384kHz. The Rubicon is DLNA compliant for wireless streaming from smart phones, PCs and
NAS drives.
The Rubicon was on static display only; the
price for all of its functionality has not been finalized, but should be in the $25,000
range. |