This year, luxury Swiss audio brand Goldmund, has announced its Theia, Rhea, and Asteria wireless speakers, as well as its Pulp+ Hub Set wireless speaker system.
Now, the company is unveiling a new integrated amplifier, the Telos 690, which is claimed to offer a bridge between traditional hi-fi and modern digital sources.
It has connections for analogue RCA, digital USB Audio class 2.0, and Digital S/PDIF coaxial.
It doesn’t provide dedicated MM or MC phono inputs, A/B speaker connections, or switching.
The technology used significantly reduces intermodulation, improving the linearity of each stage, decreasing time distortion.
The device also uses a higher bandwidth circuit, complete with minimal group delay in the audio bandwidth.
The circuitry includes the latest version of Alize Digital/Analogue converter circuits, which improves coupling with the preamp section.
There are also separate input and output stages, which prevent feedback between high and low current circuits, improving mechanical grounding.
Additionally, there’s driver control which lowers the output impedance, providing a higher quality of micro-dynamics, assisting large woofers with avoiding overshooting and overloading.
The device has a dual 350VA Toroidal Power Transformer, as well as a 46,000 µF capacitor bank, which helps deliver improved dynamics, response, and clarity.
It has a maximum output power of 2 x 250Wrms on 8 Ω and 2 x 320Wrms on 4 Ω.
See below the full list of specifications for the Telos 690:
- Output Level: Max level before clipping – 1 % THD, unloaded – 170 Vpp
- Output Noise Floor: Analog input terminated with RCA Shorting Caps, unloaded – < 10 μV from 20Hz to 20kHz
- Gain: 35dB
- Dynamic Range: 100dB (with 22kHz measurement bandwidth (flat), true RMS unloaded
- Damping Factor: 600 at 1kHz / 8 Ω
- Dimensions: 17.3 x 6.5 x 17.5-inches
- Finishes: Silver Gray or Black Matte
- Weight: 28kg
- Nominal Line Voltage: 110 V or 220 V
- Input Voltage Range: +/- 10%
- 2x 350 VA Toroidal Power Transformer
- Capacitor Bank: 46’000 µF
- Rated Power Consumption: IEC 62368-1, 1/8 Output Power at 8 Ω: 275W
- 2x speaker output binding posts
- 1x On/Off power switch key
- 1x Voltage input selector
- 1x RS232 Command connector
- 1x USB device: Audio Class 2.0 (no driver required on Mac OS X as of v.10.6.4 or on Linux. Driver required for Windows.
- Sample Rate: up to 384kHz/bit depth up to 32 DSD 64, DSD 128 over PCM capabilities
- 1x Toslink Optical
- 1x Digital S/PDIF coaxial RCA 75 Ohms
- 5x Analog RCA
- Analogue Input: Max level before clipping – 1 Vrms
- Digital Input: Max level before clipping = -6 dBFS
- Rated Power Output: Max power IEC 62368-1
- 2x 250 W RMS on 8 Ω / 1% THD
- 2x 320 W RMS on 4 Ω / 1% THD
- IMD (SMPTE) Unloaded: < 0.02%
- THD+N Unloaded: < 0.08 % from 20Hz to 20kHz at 30 V RMS output
The Goldmund Telos 690 Integrated Stereo Amplifier is currently available in Silver Gray or Black Matte, and comes packaged in a high value flight case, custom-designed for secure transportation.
The amplifier is retailing for U$36,250 (approx. A$54,844). Australian pricing and availability are still to be revealed.
