Preloved Aqua Acoustic LinQ network streamer & La Scala MKII Optologic DAC.
New price for the pair is $24,790
This pair in excellent one owner condition including all original packaging and 24 months manufacturers warranty for $14,990. LinQ includes HQ player NAA and UPNP modules.
The new LinQ was created following a precise idea.
Fast and standard technical solutions do not belong to the aqua philosophy.
aqua has developed an extremely streamlined long-life platform and network bridge modules, focused on audio playback functions.
We prefer to use know-how developed in-house, for a number of reasons in respect the aqua SQ standards.
This has required a considerable effort in terms of time and resources, but the result is immediately evident on first use.LinQ is a highly modular device, based on a series of completely independent units.
Each module performs a particular function, for which it is optimized.
We will then have an UPnP DLNA streaming module, a HQPlayer NAA module, etc.
Each module has its own dedicated power supply and plugs into a connector on the base platform of the device. In addition to the optimization on the particular function, this architecture guarantees an exceptional possibility of future upgrades.
The communication lines of each module with the network are galvanically isolated. Note that further isolation is guaranteed by the fact that one of the modules is a LAN switch, developed internally by aqua. This is an important point: in fact, during the listening tests, and also in the laboratory ones, we obtained the best results with the use of this architecture with built-in LAN switch.
Always having the sound result as an objective, LinQ does not use a USB interface: the output is on AQlink, the aqua I2S proprietary connection. In this way the “passage” on USB is skipped, avoid any losses in sound quality.
Furthermore, proprietary circuits have been developed in the output FPGA, in order to implement the S/PDIF, AES/EBU and dual-AES outputs.
Since its introduction in 2010, the La Scala D/A converter has earned the distinction of “the standard reference in a class by itself”.
With its extraordinary sound quality and stylish appearance it has remained the DAC of discerning audio enthusiasts.
Improving the sonic performance of the La Scala was no small task.
The new Optologic Conversion System
A never ending story: upgrading to the Optologic dac
Again , La Scala D/A converter proves that an instant classic does not mean a product whose destiny is to become obsolescent, like most of the products in the high-end world.
Now, after the first appearance in the flagship FORMULA dac, the proprietary D/A conversion system developed by AQUA is now available for La Scala MkII dac.
So, our aficionados, who bought La Scala MkII dac before, have now the opportunity to upgrade their unit in order to reach to the revolutionary Optologic D/A conversion system.
The already extraordinary sound quality of this icon is now improved in every aspect: time coherence, microdynamics, timbre, and without losing that magic atmosphere for which La Scala is widely renowned.
La Scala MkII keeps the VALVE / MOSFET hybrid circuitry, with now a pair of selected Telefunken ECC81 tubes - a High-Frequency triode - for its low noise main feature.
