Aqua La Diva M2 CD Transport

The new generation La Diva

Aqua has never followed the whims of market fashion but has always remained focused on achieving true high fidelity sound reproduction.

La Diva M2​ | pure-CD machine

The new generation La Diva is a machine that while maintaining the previous name is completely new, both in regards to the CD mechanic and all the internal electronics, power supply, FPGA decoding, clock, floating digital output circuitry, display, etc., entirely a new design.

This was necessary to increase the performance and sound quality. Our goal is always to amaze our customers.

The La Diva M2 remains a "pure-CD" machine: Aqua has chosen to keep focused solely on CD reading, aiming for the best possible results with this medium. This was done by interfacing the latest and most advanced Philips CD decoding circuit - with digital servo control - to our proprietary Aqua electronics.

The reading mechanism used is designed and optimized solely for reading CDs and nothing else, the modified new CD Pro-8S transport has attained a new level of performance and mechanical silence.

Proprietary circuits have been developed in the coding / output FPGA, in order to implement the galvanically isolated AQlink I2S, AES/EBU outputs, AT&T Fiber, S/PDIF outputs. The internal Master-Clock of the CD Pro-8S has been disabled, therefore managed via FPGA.

This is an important point: during the listening tests, and also in the laboratory ones, we obtained the best results with the use of this fully-floating isolated architecture.

Furthermore, the new display offers a really nice and ultra-visible micro-LED display with adjustable brightness! No LCD or commercial panels, Aqua only uses industrial components.

Features

• High performance proprietary ISC (Isolated Synchronous Circuit) digital decoding via FPGA with proprietary code
• Fully-Floating custom design for galvanic and magnetic isolation between CD drive unit and digital output (upgradable)
• Ultra massive chassis construction and newly developed high-rigidity sub chassis with Nextel for CD drive unit cancels internal and external acoustic and mechanical vibrations, enabling exceptionally accurate "Red Book" RF signal
• DC disc drive motor allows to read the data accurately and minimize Jitter
• Moplen clamp to avoid flywheel masses and vibrations
• Sophisticated signal processing technology assures excellent CD Red Book signal
• High-performance multi-stage voltage regulator (high-current stage for accurate servo DISC drive rotation, tracking and focus)
• Galvanically isolated output stage (upgradable)
• Jitter free digital interface AQlink (I2S protocol), uncompromising digital connection to our DACs
• etherCON RJ45 (AQlink) output connection to DAC, employs CAT6 cable can connect both RJ45 and professional etherCON RJ45
• 2 separate low noise toroidal power transformers for digital and servo motors/actuators
• MODULAR DESIGN with upgradeable multi board system
• Precision CD Pro-8S transport customized
• High-quality industrial - professional parts selected for sound quality:
  - 105° long life capacitors
  - low noise Metal Foil ultra-precision resistors
  - metallized film pulse capacitor
  - ultra-fast diodes
  - halogen free cables
• Aluminum top loading tray machined from billet
• Non-magnetic low-resonance aluminum chassis with Nextel
• Field upgradeable firmware
• Ultra-visible micro-LED display with adjustable brightness and off-selectable illumination
• Designed and handmade in Italy
• Output:
  - etherCON RJ45 - AQlink (I2S serial bus)
  - XLR AES/EBU
  - BNC coax (S/PDIF)
  - RCA coax (S/PDIF)
  - ST fiber (AT&T)
  - BNC word clock

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