OPUS 1 [ex-Opulence] "MASTERING" PREAMPLIFIER
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The OPUS 1 is the result of an intense 25 years research to perfect the most transparent, reference calibre "mastering" preamplifier to complement the finest audio & professional mastering systems in the world.
Being involved in the creation of audio purist recordings, audio production for Broadcast Television and domestic "Hi-End" audio, designer Kostas Metaxas has produced a future-proof preamplifier which offers the simplest, purest signal path and can be "customised" to suit the most demanding applications.
All switches, attenuators and sockets/plugs are of the highest quality possible, and the "plug-in modules' allow almost infinite possibilities for the serious broadcast audio engineer, mastering engineer, studio recording engineer or serious audiophile.
Construction is reminiscent of purist designs conceived in the 60's with emphasis on hand-construction using the finest materials.
What the critics say...
" The METAXAS OPULENCE stretches our acoustic expectiations. At present, it defines the standard as to how far we can travel into the music ... and it does so with style ..."
Martin de Wulf, BOUND FOR SOUND, USA
" So neutral though, is the Metaxas Opulence/Soliloquy set up that I could have used just about any sources I liked once the interconnecting cables were sorted. All I'd be hearing were the individual characteristics of the source components. However neutral or 'naked' the sound, the MAS doesn't come off as 'transistory' or clinical ... it had a feather-light touch and a way with tiny details that suggest either a pedigreed 60W or 70W per channel tube amp of recent vintage ..."
Ken Kessler, HI FI NEWS& RECORD REVIEW, England.
" It would make a perfect tool to assess equipment by. If any component is not in the top league, the amps will betray the culprit with surprising honesty. Its other great strength is the speed of delivery. It can keep up with the fastes of guitar runs and tambla rolls with a speed normally associated with single-ended valve amplifiers".
Alan Sircom, HI FI CHOICE, England.
"From this moment on, "the miracle" from Metaxas brought out high frequency information with such clarity which was never before heard".
Rating: Absolute Spitzenclasse, REFERENCE.
STEREOPLAY MAGAZINE, Germany.
FUTURE-PROOF FORMATThe Opulence Mastering Preamplifier is the world's first hi-end audio AND mastering preamplifier which can be "customised" to suit exactly the requirements of his/her owner.
In its basic format it comes with the "Mainframe" & "Power Supply" which can be mechanically connected by a pair of Black Methacrylate side panels.
The "Mainframe" features all the switching and attenuator pots with internal sockets to accept the following modules:
1. Master Out Line Stage Module
Gain 20-40db internal microswitch switchable in 1db increments, Balanced or Single-ended output.
2. Record Out Line Stage Module
Gain 20-40db internal microswitch switchable in 1db increments, Balanced or Single-ended output.
3. Record Out Buffer Stage Module
Balanced or Single-ended output.
4. Insert Buffer Stage Module
Balanced inputs/outputs with buffer circuits.
5. Phono RIAA Stage Module
Balanced or Single-Ended input with Gain 50-80db internally microswitch switchable, input capacitance/resistance microswitch switchable.
6. Microphone Preamplifier Module
Balanced or Single-Ended input with Gain 40-70db internally microswitch switchable.
7. Professional VU meter drive circuits
Circuit with Average or Peak reading VU referenced to "your" specification - dBm or dBV.
INPUTS/OUTPUTS
5 X RCA LINE LEVEL INPUTS - 1 with active plug in [PHONO MODULE, MICROPHONE PREAMP MODULE]
2 X XLR INPUTS [in parallel with 2 X RCA inputs - 1 with ACTIVE MODULE in signal path - as above ]
1 X XLR "INSERT" - allows the insertion of a professional EQ, Compressor/Limiter or insertion of our external INSERT BOX which allows up to 6 units to be inserted into the signal path.
2 X RECORD OUT - 1 with attenuator control and plug-in module in signal path [XLR output], and the other a bufferred single-ended RCA output for back-up DAT or tape machine.
1 X RECORD MONITOR INPUT
1 X MASTER OUTPUT - 1 with attenuator control and plug-in module in signal path [XLR output], and the other a single-ended RCA output [can be used for "active" speaker systems or subwoofers].
