The Aphrodite Cu29 Experience

Aphrodite Cu29 is run by audiophiles for audiophiles. Our mission is to provide you with all the tools you need to achieve your goal of the ultimate aural experience. Extensive product information, scientific insight and the latest technology equals your ability to create the system of your dreams. We welcome any questions you may have about improving your current system. Or, if you are starting from scratch, we can assist you in selecting the appropriate components to ensure a perfect fit with your personal listening environment.

audiophile - from Latin audio "I hear" and Greek philos "loving", a person who is enthusiastic about high-fidelity sound reproduction

Cavalli Audio Liquid Fire Tube Hybrid Headphone Amplifier

The Cavalli Audio Liquid Fire is a hybrid headphone amp, meaning that it uses a combination of tube and solid-state-powered output circuitry. While hybrid circuits, per se, are not new, there are several aspects of the Cavalli design that are quite unusual and distinctive. Cavalli strives to provide a best-of-two-world’s design, combining the transparency, harmonic richness, and sonic liquidity of great tube circuits with the cleanliness, precision, and control of great solid state circuits; hence the name Liquid Fire.

Sound Performance Lab Phonitor

The Sound Performance Lab Phonitor design is our high-end interpretation for what a complete headphone amplifier should be. A well chosen system of Phonitor and headphones can by and large replace loudspeakers and offers all that is required for a successful session long listening periods without ear fatigue. In addition to its standard monitoring functions the Phonitor offers new controls such as “Crossfeed“, “Speaker Angle“ and “Center Level“. These are the essential parameters that create the width, balance and overall space within a listening field and how we recognize them coming from the loudspeaker. Crossfeed simulates the frequency dependent interaural level differences from both channels. Speaker Angle determines the stereo width caused by frequency dependent interaural time differences. Center Level regulates the balance between phantom centre and L/R stereo signals.

NEW   Violectric V181 Balanced Headphone Amplifier & DAC   NEW

The Violectric HPA V181 is the first balanced headphone amp manufactured in Germany! The four built-in amplifiers provide balanced operation of headphones. Connection is made via 4-pin Neutrik XLR connector. Two “standard” headphones may be connected via 1/4" jacks on the front panel.

NEW   Violectric DAC V800 Digital Audio Converter   NEW

Violectric V200 Headphone Amplifier & DAC Balanced Inputs

The Violectric HPA V200 was developed with the target to enable ultimate transmission quality for low- , medium- and high-impedance headphones design is our high-end interpretation for what a complete headphone amplifier should be. The inputs and outputs are situated on the rear panel, they are equipped with electronically balanced gold plated XLR connectors and unbalanced gold plated RCA connectors. A USB input allows direct connection to a PC. Volume control is provided with a high-grade ALPS RK 27 pot with a large full metal rotary knob. Two headphones may be connected via 1/4" jacks on the front panel Case and back panel are made of aluminium and are Nextel coated. The 8 mm aluminium frontpanel is milled, sand blasted and black anodized. The labeling is laser engraved.

November 2009: Comparative Test in Professional Audio Musik & Equipment
"All three Violectric headphone amplifiers are real top devices which provide together with high quality headphones a real treat for the ears. Who would want it absolutely honest and neutral is best suited with the V100. Who requires even more detailed sound and an impulse behaviour hardly more to be excelled, has to take V200 into account. In every aspect this is the best headphone amplifier we have ever tested."

WireWorld Cable Technology

WireWorld Pure Silver / Copper Ohno Continuous Cast OCC audio, video and power cables utilize a series of patented and highly effective innovations to provide dramatic improvements in sound and image quality. Our unique scientific approach of comparing cables to a direct connection has resulted in products of superlative performance and value, which thrill consumers and critics all around the World. A generation has passed since audio enthusiasts first discovered that cables could change the sound of their stereo systems, but clear explanations of those changes and of why one cable may produce better sound quality than another are not easily found. The fact is that the best cable of all, would be no cable at all, a direct physical connection between components. Our unique approach of evaluating cables by comparing them to a direct connection has enabled us to develop cables that clearly preserve more of the beautiful harmonic textures and dynamic expression that make live music so enjoyable. Likewise, our objective methodology and dedication to quality have also led to substantial advances in digital video cable and power cord technology.

New DNA Helix Headphone Cables!!!

*** Exclusively From Aphrodite Cu29 ***

Zeus Quad & Zeus Hex Premium Headphone Cables

Available in OCC Copper, Silver-Clad OCC Copper & Solid OCC Silver

Ultrasone High-End Headphone Collection

We wanted to thank all of our fans worldwide, and we are more than thrilled to be able to prove their confidence in our professional expertise with new Edition 8 headphones. Ultrasone´s headphones essentially orchestrate unique features. Each Ultrasone Edition model’s extensive development additionally brings together the latest progression in technologies, brilliance in design, premium quality of materials and long-standing expert knowledge in natural sound performance. We invite you to enjoy the composition of the new Edition 8. Edition 8 Limited Edition, Edition 8 Palladium and Edition 8 Ruthenium are meticulously hand-made in Germany.

M2TECH Digital Interface Solutions

HiFace Evo Hi-End 24bit/192kHz USB-S/PDIF  -  Young 32bit/384kHz High Resolution DAC  -  HiFace USB-S/PDIF Interface

MHDT Laboratory Audio Devices

Havana Tube DAC SE Version  -  Havana Tube DAC Balanced Version  -  USBridge USB to SPDIF Convertor

Furutech - Pure Transmission

Furutech fuses robust military grade construction together with the precision fit and striking finish of fine jewelry, resulting in one of the most impressive audio signal transmission product lines available today. Since their huge success in Japan and throughout South East Asia, I am honored to bring the Furutech Experience to my part of the world. Utilizing Ohno Continuous Cast OCC conductors, cryogenic and demagnetizing technologies, The Furutech Experience delivers transparency and dynamics to die for, a complete lack of coloration and frequency extension to the highest and lowest levels possible. Whether you're ready to rock or want to melt the world away with your favorite symphony, Furutech transports Audiophiles closer to the Sonic Holy Grail than ever before!!!

ViaBlue World Of Audio from Germany is now available!

High End silver audio and video cables engineered and made in Germany. Speaker cables, Analogue interconnect cables, Digital interconnect cables, Toslink optical cables, HDMI cables, Subwoofer cables, Antenna / SAT cables, etc... All terminated with 24K Gold connectors and protected from RFI / noise with ferrite core filters!

Eliminating Vibrations with ViaBlue™ Three-Peak-System Isolation System. ViaBlue TRI Absorbers, QTC Spikes and HS spikes. ViaBlue™ TRI absorbers receive vibrations from vibrating bodies like speakers (such as diaphragms) and devices (such as transformers and reduces them. Through a high pressure concentrated on three minimum points (peaks), maximum pressure is built up as a connection point between vibrating bodies and their base. Through the extreme pressure points, the vibrations are eliminated. This leads to vibration absorption.

Arcici Component Isolation Systems

Arcici SR1 Reference Suspense Rack & Air Head Isolation Platform. Arcici, an acknowledged leader in reducing vibrations through air suspension, has just raised the standard. The new Reference Suspense Rack now isolates vibrations on a LATERAL as well as VERTICAL plane. For high-end aficionados, the improvements in musical purity and precise imaging are extraordinary.
The top ebony section holds three heavy duty bellows which are inflated prior to installing your components through three Schrader valves. A pump is provided for this purpose. A 70 pound steel plate rests on three bellows and four threaded rods drop down from this plate. Special spring-loaded speed nuts slide on to the rods at infinitely adjustable intervals. The shelves are slotted to rest on the speed nuts. This “plumb-line” suspense system helps prevent any tilting or imbalance after you install your components. Up to five shelves can be accommodated including the top of the rack, which is also air suspended.
Arcici also makes the stand-alone AIR HEAD, a pneumatic isolation box for individual components. Large enough to accommodate virtually any turntable and most amplifiers (20" x 21" x 2"), it consists of a thick MDF platform on enclosed heavy-duty rubber tubes filled with air. The base is constructed of non-endangered Brazilian Jatoba Wood, hand rubbed to a fiddle back finish. These platforms serve as a perfect complement to the SUSPENSE, or may be used on their own for superior isolation of key components.

Firestone Audio

Firestone Audio audiophile components. Headphone Amps, RIAA Phono Preamp, 24bit DAC/USB/SPDIF/ADC, Tube Preamp, Tube Mono-Block Amplifier & Power Supply.

The Little Country III is Proof You Don’t Have To Spend $1000 or More
on a Tube Headphone Amp to Get That Coveted Audiophile Sound!

“If you're like many audiophiles you spend a lot of time critically listening and are forever analyzing everything. But how about this instead, you put on your favorite music, relax into your most comfortable chair, and experience pure musical bliss without any tweaking or tinkering - The Little Country III lets you do just this”

Just one listen and you'll fall in love with the smooth,
natural sound and super easy operation

The Circuitry wizards at Firestone Audio have done it again with the development of these wonderful tube monoblock amplifiers. They feature a compact, efficient design with many high end features previously found only on monoblocks costing much more. These Monoblock Amplifiers feature a fresh new look with an innovative circuit design and hi-end components. The smooth sound and hi-end look will have your friends talking and you saying Wow!

NEW Burson Audio 160 Series Headphone Amplifier - Audio Buffer - Pre Amp - Integrated Amp
Power Amp w/Tube Boost Mode.

Burson Audio 160 Series

In order to achieve the best possible sonic performance, we have stripped off all unnecessary functionalities and bring your much closer to your music. Once you have listened with the HA-160 you will be taken by the sense of space. In addition, the delicacy and transparency of the high-frequencies are beyond reproach. Teamed with a high end headphone, one can hear all the vibrations that have been recorded through the studio’s microphone. The good the bad and the ugly. When the last note falls you know that your soul has been cleansed once again.

HRT High Resolution Technologies

USB to DAC Music Streamer II, Music Streamer II+, Music Streamer Pro & Music Streamer HD. The Music Streamer Pro is a high performance music interface (USB connected DAC) that allows a computer and a professional audio system to become perfect partners. With its unique topology the Music Streamer Pro provides a completely isolated path between the computer and the audio system. No more contamination of the analog signal by the computer environment; no matter the situation, the results will always be their best. There are no external power supplies to worry about because the Music Streamer Pro derives its power from the USB buss while completely regenerating power for all its internal needs using a sophisticated set of proprietary circuits.

audiophile - from Latin audio "I hear" and Greek philos "loving", a person who is enthusiastic about high-fidelity sound reproduction

Aphrodite Cu29 "Goddess of Sound"...
What's in a Name?

Established in 2005, Aphrodite Cu29 strives to satisfy the extreme demands of the audiophile residing in all of us. Derived from Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Love, Passion and Beauty  -  Cu, the Element Symbol for Copper  -  29, the Atomic Number for Copper.  Combined to symbolically represent our perpetual love affair with technology and just how essential copper is to the very existence of all the electronic devices that shape our world today. Reality is that you, I and life as we know it on Earth would not exist without copper. So in the Grand Scheme of the Universe, we can not live without copper and the "Things" we can not live without are brought to life by copper.

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