Crane Song Avocet llA Monitoring Controller
Avocet is designed to solve the problems of accurate monitoring and volume control as required by workstation users, studios and mastering rooms alike. Avocet is a stereo controller with three digital inputs, three analog inputs and a headphone system. All digital signals are up-sampled and jitter reduced to ensure highest accuracy during D/A conversion. Avocet features dim, mute and mono functions plus a speaker select switch that sends line level balanced audio to one of three outputs. Buffered meter outputs are included.
The internal headphone amplifier can be fed from the program source or via external input with provisions for a talk back function.
DAC
The Quantum DAC is the 5th generation design from Crane Song and has less then 1pS jitter.
The Quantum DAC uses 32 bit a converter and ASRC for jitter reduction up sampling to 211KHz. Avocet has always upsampled to 211KHz. The reference clock has less then 1pS, 0.5pS typical 1Hz to 100KHz and a proprietary reconstruction filter for accurate time domain response.
In addition to the new DAC, the Avocet IIA now boasts a raft of new features. First is a new subwoofer output on all three analogue monitor outputs. Output levels now are programmable in 0.25dB steps offering increased speaker level matching accuracy.
Features
- Mastering grade monitor controller
- 5th Generation Quantum DAC offers unrivalled jitter rejection (as low as 1pS)
- Pristine, detailed, focused and bigger sound
- Rack unit and desktop remote control
- Improved functionality of the remote
- Three digital inputs
- Three digital outputs
- Three stereo analogue inputs on XLRs
- 0.25dB steps output level control
- Subwoofer output for all analogue outputs
- Intuitive operation
- Made in U.S.A.