Birdland Audio Odeon Lite Brochure

Odéon-lite Design Highlights:

• Support for 24bit / 96kHz DVD Audio.

• Digital filter upgrades data to 24 bits before conversion.

• Birdland Audio’s famous Solid-Tube

• RCA, BNC, Fiber and XLR AES/EBU inputs.

• Separate transformers for analog and digital supplies.

• Local supply and VCO virtually eliminate jitter.

• Oversized power supply capacitors.

• Multiple power conditioners for internal stages.

• High quality components and connectors.

• Quality analog volume control permits direct connection
to power amplifier or straight gain to preamplifier.

Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price: $980

“The Odéon-lite has one of the highest performance to price ratios of any DAC I’ve heard to Date!”

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output stage.

Y our Birdland A udio dealer

Mike Hobson, President of Classic Records

W e all know the timeless adage "great things come in small

Solid Tube

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output stage !

RCAs soldered directly on PCB

no internal wiring = better sound !

Multiple power

regulators

isolate stages

Volume control permits direct
connection to amplifier blocks

Separate power supplies

for Digital and Analog spaces

Local VCO

reclocking

eliminates jitter

DSP converts 16 bit

recordings to 24 bits

RCA, BNC, AES/EBU and Fiber inputs !

Multiple power

conditioners

suppress noise

packages". This turns out to be an understatement when
applied to Birdland Audio’s latest Odéon-lite 24 bit
Digital to Analog Converter .

Based on the highly acclaimed Odéon-m1 electronics
($3500), the new Odéon-lite sports a smaller case
(1.6” x 8.9”x 6.5”) without the analog preamplifier section
but retains or surpasses the performance of the Odéon­m1. And, amazingly, the price is reduced to $980.

Featuring our famous Solid-Tube

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output stages, dual
transformers for truly separated power supplies and
innovative digital processing, the Odéon-lite not only
delivers the finest performance possible from 24/96 but
also the greatest possible from 16 bit CDs. Most listeners
simply have not heard their CD collection until they heard
it through the Odéon-lite.

The Odéon-lite reflects Birdland Audio’s latest research
in digital filtering and digital to analog conversion, we

believe we are the first to upgrade 16 bits to 24 bits before
conversion, which makes it the first DAC to virtually
recreate 24 bits of detail from 20, 18 or 16 bit recordings.

For the last couple of years, many audiophiles have been
sitting on the fence waiting for the next high-end audio
format to surface. The Odéon-lite is the pie in the sky
that the fence sitters have been waiting for. It will
transform the CD collection they already own to as close
to nirvana as possible and, at the same time, bring tears to
their eyes as they experience high resolution 24/96 DVD
audio.

Birdland Audio invites comparison of the Odéon-lite
digital to analog converter against any DAC at any price.

For more information, contact your dealer and visit our
web site at http://www .birdland.com.

The Odéon-lite is designed and manufactured in Monterey , California.