Digital Music Controller
Contros
The TIDAL Contros combines the essential technologies of the Camira, Arkas, and Prisma within a single chassis. Designed as a complete digital control center, it integrates a reference DAC, streaming platform, and lossless volume control. Its 32-bit non-oversampling 8xR2R ladder DAC, ASRT² signal processing, dedicated power supplies, and fully discrete Class-A output stage create a complete digital front end with exceptional precision and musicality. With Ethernet connectivity and direct connection to a power amplifier, the Contros simplifies the system without compromising performance.
Technical Specifications
- Feature: Volume-controlled Digital Music Converter with integrated streaming platform
- Feature: 32-bit non-oversampling 8xR2R ladder DAC
- Feature: No pre-ringing or post-ringing
- Feature: Lossless analog volume control directly within the R2R DAC
- Feature: Galvanically isolated, motor-driven volume potentiometer
- Feature: Proprietary ASRT² Analog Signal Remediation Technology
- Feature: FPGA-based timing correlation, correction, and signal remediation
- Feature: 22 independent ultra-low-noise power supplies
- Feature: Separate power supplies for left and right channels and individual function modules
- Feature: 3 x low-noise, foil-shielded ring-core transformers
- Total power-supply capacity: >300,000 µF
- Feature: 180 ultra-fast organic capacitors
- Feature: Copper-silver power cable with three-layer constrained-damping shielding
- 3 x S/PDIF inputs: Coaxial RCA, AES/EBU XLR,Optical
- Feature: 1 x proprietary TIDAL-Link input
- Feature: Femto-clock ultra-low-noise oscillator (-169 dB)
- Feature: Fully discrete Class-A output amplifier
- Feature: Balanced output architecture
- LAN Ethernet streaming input: 1000BASE-T
- USB storage support: FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, EXT2/3
- Feature: Multi-clock system for precision timing
- Feature: MQA decoding
- Feature: DSD over PCM support
- Feature: UPnP AV with gapless playback
- Supported formats: DSF, DFF, DoP, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, MQA, MP3, AAC (M4A)
- Feature: Native support for TIDAL, Qobuz, AirPlay, TuneIn, Spotify Connect, and TIDAL Connect
- Dimensions: 44 x 13 x 39 cm / 17.3 x 5.1 x 15.3"
- Weight: 16.6 kg / 36 lbs.
