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3 D e c a d e s o f “ H i - E n d ” |
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L i s t e n i n g R e f e r e n c e |
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D e s i g n P h i l o s o p h y |
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O p e r a t i n g I n s t r u c t i o n s |
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W h a t t h e c r i t i c s s a y. . . |
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C o n t r o l s & F e a t u r e s |
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M a i n t e n a n c e |
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S c h e m a t i c |
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E C C o n f o r m i t y |
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a n a m p l i f i e r w h i c h h a s
e v o l v e d f r o m o v e r 2 0 y e a r s o f d e d i c a t e d l i s t e n i n g a n d
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2 X AUSTRALIAN EXPORT AWARD, BHP STEEL DESIGN AWARD,
runner up in AUSTRALIAN SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS
First - AmplifiersNo wire construction with
First - 'Capacitorless' circuits in Audio design01
First power amplifier can put full power into 8 ohm load at 1.0MegaHertz!
First - DAC to use lowest jitter 'APOGEE CLOCK'
First - FULL range and high efficiency electrostatic
First - Audio Manufacturer to use BMW-Porsche CAD-PCB
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3 D e c a d e s o f H i - E n d : 1 9 8 0 ’s
Opulence Preamplifier |
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Kostas Metaxas circa 1985 |
Soliloquy Monoblocks |
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Apollo Speaker |
Stainless Steel Turret Punching |
Empress Full-range electrostatics |
Iraklis “on-test” |
PCB design |
EMPEROR Assembly |
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Reference System circa 1992 |
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CZAR 2-way full range electrostatic |
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3 D e c a d e s o f H i - E n d : 2 0 0 0 ’s
Schematic Capture & PCB design |
Schematic “Spice” Circuit Simulation |
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Using technology borrowed from Aerospace and Formula 1, the new
K o s t a s M e t a x a s Audio designs reflect the extraordinary advances that have been made recently in modelling and simulation software.
For the first time, a High End Audio manufacturer offers audiophiles a rare glimpse into the conception, design and execution of a complete product on a component by component basis in 3D.
The Protel PCB software [www.protel.com] extends the quite normal listening tests on a component by component level to the PCB level. Schematic Based simulations can test [or verify] the PCB's signal integrity by running the "Signal Integrity Simulator" which displays a Reflection and Crosstalk Analysis. And the 3D visualization allows one to include the PCB as part of the overall wholistic design.
In-house RAPID04PROTOTYPING Laser Engraving
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L i s t e n i n g P h i l o s o p h y
R E F E R E N C E
The only way to design state-of-the-art audio equipment is to have first-hand experience with the finest available recording equipment AND playback equipment.
This is important for two reasons; it ensures that our designs work and 'mate-well' with other products and that their resolution is not limited by the weakest link05in the playback 'chain'.
K o s t a s M e t a x a s products have been conceived using extensive listening tests with a variety of state-of-the-art ancillary equipment for more than 25 years.
Our amplifiers have been designed using a variety of state-of-the-art phono playback equipment and our ABSOLUTE REFERENCE -
a custom-made battery-powered Stellavox SM-8 Tape Recorder using 1/4" tape at 30 ips and a Stellavox TD-9 using 1/2" tape at 30 ips specially calibrated for the Bruel & Kjaer 4003 1/4" omnidirectional electrostatic instrumentation microphones.
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