ATC Launches New SIACD Integrated Amplifier/CD Player/DAC

June 29, 2013

ATCโ€™s NEW SIACD is intended to be a simple yet versatile one-box solution for D-A conversion, CD playback, and pre and power amplification duties. Itโ€™s housed in a compact chassis thatโ€™s only 315mm wide and is designed to expand on, and is styled to match ATCโ€™s range of stand-alone domestic electronic products.

WDF-ATC-SIACDThe SIACD is based on a new class A/B โ€œgrounded sourceโ€ power amplification stage offering 100 watts per channel. Many other manufacturers favour class-D power amp technology for compact devices, but ATC has based the SIACDโ€™s power amp design on the class A/B circuits employed in the companyโ€™s professional active loudspeakers. In this revised design, ATCโ€™s engineers have made further improvements to the discrete MOSFET output stage to further reduce distortion, offer extremely wide bandwidth and lower the idle temperature

Thereโ€™s a CD player and a built-in high performance DAC with USB, coaxial and optical digital inputs โ€“ like ATCโ€™s CDA2 DAC/Preamp/CD player (reviewed here), the SIACDโ€™s USB input supports 16/48 resolution, so itโ€™s not a high-resolution computer audio solution out of the box. Thereโ€™s a dedicated headphone amplifier, this time with a front mounted jack, which will please the Witchdoctor reviewers no end.

WD-ATC-SIACDThe SIACD also features two stereo line level analogue inputs, a 3.5mm aux input and one stereo line level output. Itโ€™s hand built in Stroud, UK, is available in black or silver anodised finishes and carries ATCโ€™s usual six-year warranty.

RRP is still TBC but is expected to be around $6999 with expected availability in July.

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