Gryphon Audio Designs doesn’t replace its lineup yearly and any modifications to its flagship merchandise are main design and engineering overhauls. The engineering, connectivity, and sonic modifications must advance the artwork and make the element distinctive inside a relatively aggressive class. The Gryphon Audio Designs Diablo 333 built-in amplifier made its international premiere at Excessive END Munich 2023 and is lastly set to start out transport on October 31, 2023.
Priced at $24,990 to $37,590 USD relying on non-obligatory configuration modules for an inside DAC and phono stage, the Danish behemoth (112 kilos) is likely one of the pricier built-in amplifiers available on the market and is able to driving any loudspeaker.
Outputting 333 watts per channel (8 ohms) and 666 watts per channel (4 ohms), the Diablo 333 is unlikely to expire of fuel with most loudspeakers at the moment accessible.
The brand new Diablo 333 is a cost-no-object substitute for the award-winning Diablo 300, which debuted in 2015. Though its predecessor was extremely regarded and the corporate’s greatest promoting product, Gryphon has discovered a manner to enhance upon it through the use of “trickle-down” expertise from its flagship Apex energy amplifier and Commander preamplifier.
The Diablo 333 boasts ten p.c extra output energy than its predecessor, whereas new ultra-fast, low-capacitance pre-driver transistors ship each enhanced musicality and superior measured efficiency.
Danish Design
The triangular show panel with 4.3” TFT capacitive contact display evokes the aesthetic created by Gryphon Founder Flemming Rasmussen for Apex and Commander, as do custom-made chassis spikes which improve each mechanical integrity and visible concord. Additionally developed for Apex, Gryphon’s bespoke binding posts are additionally discovered on the 333’s again panel.
Sculpted from a block of aluminum, the distant handset from Commander replaces the “Wand” distant equipped with Diablo 300.
A brand new, extra intuitive menu construction enhances the consumer interface whereas a USB 2.0 socket on Diablo’s rear panel simplifies firmware upgrades.
As with the Diablo 300, the 333 may be outfitted with non-obligatory Phono and DAC modules which have been utterly redesigned for the brand new amplifier. The PS-3 RIAA module options True Twin Mono Class A-coupled topology from enter to output, with no international unfavorable suggestions and discrete balanced circuitry that includes matched transistor arrays.
Gold-plated Neutrik XLR balanced enter sockets substitute the RCA sockets utilized within the earlier era.
MC load impedance may be set externally with left/proper rear panel switches, versus the interior jumpers discovered on the PS-2S. MC/MM setting is front-panel selectable through the Diablo’s 333 menu.
Gryphon’s new DAC-3 D/A MODULE incorporates the most recent high-performance Sabre DAC: the ES9039PRO. Seven user-selectable PCM digital roll-off filters are included, as are a full assortment of USB, AES/EBU, BNC and TOSLINK inputs. The 333’s USB enter is suitable with all present digital audio codecs.
Options
- True Twin Mono configuration.
- Zero international unfavorable suggestions.
- Microprocessor-controlled 43-step true balanced relay quantity attenuator.solely 1-2 resistors in sequence with sign in any respect ranges.
- Native Shunt regulators for greatest noise suppression.
- Ten excessive energy output transistors every channel.
- Diablo 333 makes use of new ultra-fast, low-capacitance pre-driver transistors.
- Polypropylene capacitors for native energy provide decoupling.
- Optionally available phono stage module, PS3 MM/MC.
- Optionally available DAC3 module.
- Extremely-short sign path.
- Minimal inside wiring.
- 4-layer printed circuit boards with 70μ copper on all layers.
- Twin Mono Holmgren toroidal transformer.
- PCB-mounted sockets get rid of wiring and shorten sign path.
- Gold-plated Neutrik XLR sockets for 2 balanced sources.
- Gold-plated phono sockets with Teflon insulation.
- Gold-plated Gryphon {custom} construct binding posts.
- Fastened-level AV throughput.
- Enter stage match.
- 4.3” TFT capacitive contact display with 4mm hardened glass in entrance.
- Intuitive menu construction.
- 12Vdc hyperlink enter and output.
- Infrared Receiver enter through enter on rear panel.
- Firmware upgradeable through USB 2.0 socket on rear panel.
- Non-invasive safety system.
- Infrared distant management.
- EU CE approval.
- Standby energy consumption < 0.5W.
Amplifier Specs
- 2 x 333W @ 8 ohms
- 2 x 666W @ 4 ohms
- 2 x 1100W @ 2 ohms
- Output impedance: 0.015Ω
- Bandwidth (-3dB): 0.1Hz to 350 kHz
- Energy Provide Capability: 2 x 68.000uF
- Acquire: +38dB
- SUB output acquire: +12dB
- Enter Impedance, balanced (20-20000Hz): 2x25KΩ
PS-3 RIAA Module
- True Twin Mono Class A topology with no international unfavorable suggestions.
- Discrete construct balanced topology, that includes matched transistor arrays.
- MC load impedance may be adjusted externally with rear panel switches.
- Changeable MC/MM setting through Gryphon Diablo 333 menu.
- Polypropylene capacitors utilized in RIAA correction phases.
- DC-coupled topology from enter to output.
- One gold plated Neutrik XLR balanced enter socket.
- Extremely-short sign path with minimal inside/exterior wiring.
- Acquire:
- Impedance settings:
- MC: 20Ω to 1600Ω in jumps
- MM: 47KΩ /220pF
- Sign to Noise ratio:
- MC: (Enter 2.5 mV, 1 kHz): >72 dB
- MM: (Enter 250 mV, 1 kHz): >84 dB
DAC-3 D/A Module
- True Twin Mono discrete construct Class A Analog configuration.
- Zero international unfavorable suggestions.
- Sabre Excessive-Efficiency ES9039PRO D/A converter.
- USB enter suitable with following audio codecs through PC/MAC/Linux:
PCM: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192, 352.8 and 384 kHz, as much as 32 bits
DSD through USB: DSD64, DSD128, DSD256 and DSD512. - XLR and BNC inputs suitable with PCM: 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48, 64,
88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz, as much as 32 bits. - TOSLINK enter suitable with PCM: 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2,
96 kHz, as much as 24 bits. - Seven user-selectable PCM digital roll-off filters.
- Temperature-compensated, ultra-low jitter crystal oscillator.
- Tremendous-Capacitor (12.5 Farad!) energy provide for USB module.
- First-order PCM analogue filters and second-order DSD analogue filters.
- Analogue output phases with ultra-low noise.
- A number of Native Voltage regulators for greatest digital noise suppression.
- Separate left/proper channel ultra-low noise energy provide.
- Extremely-short sign path.
- PCB-mounted enter sockets get rid of wiring and shorten sign path.
- Gold-plated Neutric XLR socket for one balanced 110Ω AES supply.
- Gold-plated 75Ω BNC sockets with Teflon insulation for two S/PDIF sources.
- One TOSLINK optical fiber enter.
Value & Availability
The Gryphon Audio Diablo 333 will likely be accessible October 31, 2023.
- Diablo 333: $24,990 USD
- DAC 3: $7,000 USD
- Phono Stage 3: $5,600 USD
About Gryphon: Gryphon Audio Designs ApS, producer of Extremely-Luxe Audio Techniques, was based in 1985 by Flemming E. Rasmussen, whose creative coaching resulted in merchandise whose state-of-the-art technical efficiency are complemented by beautiful visible design. Since 2002, Thomas Willum Børsting has been the bulk shareholder with Gryphon staff holding the remaining shares. Gryphon is distributed in additional than 40 international locations worldwide.
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