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Simaudio
Solid State Electronics and CD Players

          For over 25 years Simaudio has been producing outstanding solid sate electronics, all hand built in Canada. Known for superb design, excellent construction quality and great sound, Simaudio have received countless positive reviews in the audiophile press.
          Simaudio offers a full line of electronics including preamplifiers, basic amplifiers and integrated amps, and now a CD player. 
         


I-5.3 Integrated Amplifier - An oversized power supply · A custom proprietary toroidal transformer design with lower magnetic, electrical and thermal loss, yielding an improved power transfer and lower regulation factor, resulting in increased current speed and better dynamics · An extremely short capacitor-free signal path measuring only 14 inches in length from input RCA's to output binding posts, eliminating virtually all potential sources of interference and producing a sonically faster transient response · Amplifier section using a "no overall feedback" design resulting in real-time amplification, more accurate musical reproduction with respect to tonality, virtually non-existent IMD (intermodulation distortion) and the elimination of common phase errors resulting from feedback · Gain section using a Crystal microprocessor functioning as a "shunt to ground" that doesn't degrade sonic performance regardless of the selected setting · "Class A" output power to five watts for greater efficiency · One single-ended audio input which bypasses the gain control stage to accommodate a component, such as home-theatre processor, whose own volume control is used instead · Precision matched Bipolar output devices which offer superb linearity throughout the entire audio frequency spectrum · Accurate matching of the very finest high quality electronic components · A symmetrical circuit design · Pure copper circuit board tracings with extremely low impedance characteristics · Extremely rigid chassis construction to minimize the effects of external vibrations · Improved reliability through the elimination of moving parts · Designed to be powered up at all times for optimal performance · Low operating temperature for a longer than normal life expectancy.

  • 85 watts per channel at 8 Ohms, 130 watts per channel at 4 Ohms

* $3800


I-3SE Integrated Amplifier - An oversized power supply · A custom proprietary toroidal transformer design with lower magnetic, electrical and thermal loss, yielding an improved power transfer and lower regulation factor, resulting in increased current speed and better dynamics · An extremely short capacitor-free signal path measuring 18.5 inches in length from input RCA's to output binding posts, eliminating virtually all potential sources of interference and producing a sonically faster transient response · Gain section using a Crystal microprocessor functioning as a "shunt to ground" that doesn't degrade sonic performance regardless of the setting · One single-ended audio input which bypasses the gain stage to accommodate a component, such as home-theatre processor, whose own volume control is used instead · Amplifier section using a "no overall feedback" design resulting in real-time amplification, more accurate musical reproduction with respect to tonality, virtually non-existent intermodulation distortion and the elimination of common phase errors resulting from feedback · "Class A" output power to five watts for greater efficiency · Precision-matched Bipolar output devices which offer superb linearity throughout the entire audio frequency spectrum · A symmetrical circuit design · Accurate matching of the high quality electronic components · Pure copper circuit board tracings with extremely low impedance characteristics · Improved reliability through the elimination of moving parts · Designed to be powered up at all times for optimal performance · Low operating temperature for a longer than normal life expectancy.

  • 100 Watts Per Channel at 8 Ohms, 160 at 4 Ohms, 200 at 2 Ohms

* $2600


I-1 Integrated Amplifier - An oversized power supply using a custom toroidal transformer design · Rated output of 50 watts/channel into 8 ohms and 100 watts/channel into 4 ohms · Six line-level inputs including one front-mounted 1/8” mini-jack for personal media players · Headphone output on ¼” TRS jack located on the front panel · Remote control operation · RS-232 port for i) full unsolicited bidirectional feedback in custom installation setups and ii) firmware updates · IR input for external control · A single pair of bipolar output devices in the amplification section · Class A output to 5 watts for greater efficiency · Circuit board with pure copper tracings and gold plating that yields low impedance characteristics · Optimized selection of very high quality electronic components · Heat-sink free design incorporating an all-aluminum chassis for evenly distributed heat dissipation · Rigid chassis construction to minimize the effects of external vibrations · Designed to be powered up at all times for optimal performance · Low operating temperature for a longer than normal life expectancy.

* $1499


P-5.3 Preamplifier - An oversized power supply · 3 stages of DC voltage regulation · An exceptionally short signal path measuring only 10 inches in length from the rear panel's input to output connectors, yielding a much faster transient response · Open loop zero feedback circuit topology using absolutely no capacitors anywhere in the audio signal path · Power supply voltage regulation includes Evolution series i2DCf (Independent Inductive DC Filtering); There is one inductor dedicated to each integrated circuit type component (DAC, Op-Amp, etc.) in the audio circuit’s signal path - 14 stages in all · J-FET input devices · One single-ended audio input, of your choice, which functions as a “pass-through”, bypassing the gain stage to accommodate a component such as a home-theater processor, whose own volume control is used instead · Accurate matching of the very finest high quality electronic components · IR input for external control (all discrete codes) · A symmetrical circuit design · Four-layer PCB tracings; The advantages include better ground and power supply circuit layouts resulting in a much shorter signal path and dramatically improved signal-to-noise ratio · Pure copper circuit board tracings with extremely low impedance characteristics · Extremely rigid chassis construction to minimize the effects of external vibrations · Improved reliability through the elimination of moving parts · Designed to be powered up at all times for optimal performance · Low operating temperature for a longer than normal life expectancy.

* $4000


 

W-5.3 Stereo Amplifier - "no overall feedback" design resulting in real-time amplification, a more accurate musical reproduction with respect to tonality, virtually non-existent intermodulation distortion and the elimination of common phase errors resulting from feedback · An oversized power supply · A custom proprietary toroidal transformer design with lower magnetic, electrical and thermal loss, yielding an improved power transfer and lower regulation factor, resulting in increased current speed and better dynamics · Balanced circuitry up to the output stage · Stable to any known speaker impedance · "Class" A output to 5 watts for greater efficiency · Precision matched Bipolar output devices which offer superb linearity throughout the entire audio frequency spectrum · A high damping factor which yields superior musical dynamics, improved signal speed and refined timbre accuracy · Extremely rigid chassis construction to minimize the effects of external vibrations · Accurate matching of the very finest high quality electronic components · A very short signal path for a faster transient response · A symmetrical circuit design · A 12 Volt trigger for remote operations · Pure copper circuit board tracings with extremely low impedance characteristics · Designed to be powered up at all times for optimal performance · Low operating temperature for a longer than normal life expectancy.

  • 150 Watts at 8 Ohms, 300 watts at 4 Ohms, 500 at 2 Ohms

* $5300


I-5.3 CD Player - Separate digital and analog power supplies using two toroidal power transformers with eight stages of DC voltage regulation · BurrBrown BB1730E high-resolution 24-bit/192-kHz Digital-to-Analog Converter and 8X oversampling digital filter · Internal upsampling which uses 24-bit/352.8kHz processing · Philips based transport mechanism using in-house developed control software · Accurate 50PPM digital clocking system · Advanced analog signal path using a DC servo circuit and proprietary 6dB/octave analog filter · Pure copper circuit board tracings with extremely low impedance characteristics · IR input for external control · Separate digital and analog audio circuitry mounted on one circuit board, each with their own respective ground planes, which minimizes signal path lengths and eliminates any potential for interference and signal degradation · Extremely rigid chassis construction to minimize the effects of external vibrations · Accurate matching of the very finest high quality electronic components in a symmetrical circuit design · Designed to be powered up at all times for optimal performance · Low operating temperature to ensure a longer than normal life expectancy.

* $3800


Equinox SE CD Player - Separate digital and analog power supplies using a toroidal power transformer with seven stages of DC voltage regulation · BurrBrown BB1730E high-resolution 24-bit/192-kHz Digital-to-Analog Converter and 8X oversampling digital filter · Internal upsampling which achieves 24-bit/352.8kHz resolution · Philips based transport mechanism using in-house developed control software · Accurate 50PPM digital clocking system · Advanced analog signal path using a DC servo circuit and proprietary 6dB/octave analog filter · Pure copper circuit board tracings with extremely low impedance characteristics · Separate digital and analog audio circuitry mounted on one circuit board, each with their own respective ground planes, which minimizes signal path lengths and eliminates any potential for interference and signal degradation · Rigid chassis construction to minimize the effects of external vibrations · Accurate matching of the very finest high quality electronic components in a symmetrical circuit design · Designed to be powered up at all times for optimal performance · Low operating temperature to ensure a longer than normal life expectancy.

* $2800


I-1 CD Player - 8 stages of DC voltage regulation · Internal upsampling using 24-bit/352.8kHz processing · Proprietary CD drive system with in-house developed hardware & software · BurrBrown PCM1793 high-resolution 24-bit/192-kHz Digital-to-Analog Converter and 8X oversampling digital filter · All digital and analog audio circuitry mounted on a single circuit board, each with their own respective ground plane, to minimize signal path lengths and eliminate any potential for interference and signal degradation · Accurate digital clocking system for exceptionally low intrinsic jitter levels · Advanced analog signal path using a DC servo circuit and proprietary analog filter · Circuit board with pure copper tracings and gold plating that yields low impedance characteristics · Optimized selection of very high quality electronic components · Designed to be powered up at all times for optimal performance · Low operating temperature to ensure a longer than normal life expectancy.

* $1499

 

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