من بروشور جدید ویتوس رو از خود ویتوس گرفتم و گذاشتم تو آدرس زیر که اگر خواستید دانلودش کنید:

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لیست قیمت ها رو ببینید :

دو سری دیگه بالاتر از سری ای که تو ایران اومده داره اضافه میشه، البته بالاترین سری یعنی Design Studio فقط به سفارش ساخته میشه.

THE BEST RELATIONSHIPS IN THE WORLD WORK IN TRUE HARMONY, TRUE BALANCE AND OF COURSE – TRUE LOVE.

These relationships apply to all aspects of our daily lives and help us to be the very best that we can be – in all that we do.

The stronger the relationship, the more exceptional and rewarding the results. Without a doubt I am very proud to say that Vitus  Audio is a fine example of this philosophy.

In essence, at Vitus Audio we are a family of incredibly talented individuals and passionate music lovers, who share the same common goal – to bring you closer to your music. In order to do this we look at the relationships between everything we do. How will one selected part work with another, what happens if we add more than one, how does the chassis effect the delicate signal, what happens if we twist a cable and so on.

After a long exhaustive, but interesting process, we create something that is far greater than the sum of its parts. Each part on it’s own is the best of its type, but bring them together and you have at the very heart of each Vitus product, a finely tuned ‘emotion engine’.

Our products form a tightly knit collection of specialist Hi-Fi components designed for your living space, which include: Integrated Amplifiers, Linestages, Phonostages,

Power Amplifiers, CD Players and Cables. Each will bring you closer to your music and give you a lifetime of listening pleasure.

Every Vitus Audio piece is designed and handmade in Denmark by craftsmen who don’t compromise because…

we believe that when it comes to listening to music, you should not compromise either.

The proof of course is always in the listening, so we suggest that you contact your nearest Distributor to arrange a demonstration at your local specialist Hi-Fi Dealer. Full Distributor/Dealer details can be found at: www.vitusaudio.com.

Don’t forget to take along not just a selection of your favourite CD’s/Vinyl, but also some you haven’t listened to recently. Why? Let’s just say you’ll understand the moment you start listening with a Vitus product or system.

Welcome to our family.

Hans-Ole Vitus, founder and President.

UI-CORE TRANSFORMER

Most manufacturers continue to use the popular toroidal transformer as they are relatively cheap and compact in size. After extensively testing many types of transformer technologies ourselves including toroidal, it was obvious that we needed

to go in a different direction. The only solution for us was to design our own UI-core transformer and after four years of development, we have done just that. Remember that a transformer is a key component and the UI-core transformer in our products is exceptional! While incredibly expensive, large and very heavy, our UI-core transformer brings increased stability to the

soundstage, stronger, deeper dynamics and firmer control of demanding loudspeakers. We prove that power output tells only half the story…

think quality and not quantity!

TOPOLOGY

For the small signal stages we use ultra linear, low noise bipolar transistors paired with high precision resistors. For large signal stages we use the best possible linear transistors. We use absolutely no global feedback and have spent many hours optimising PCB layout ensuring tracks are routed in the best possible way for exceptional speed and bandwidth.

MEASURE

Sophisticated measuring equipment is used throughout the whole design process, which helps us reach a certain point. However

to complete the journey, we use the best measurement tool known to man – human ears! Field tests have a huge impact on the final results.

However instead of inviting the test panel to our demo room for a short period of time, we demo our products in their rooms, on their equipment –leaving the products for a longer period of time.

This ensures real value in the feedback we get on our products performance.

EMOTION ENGINE

Vitus Audio products are created for the music and not for a price point. Many of the components used in our products are custom

designed and made exclusively for Vitus Audio.

Why?

The answer is a simple one… because most of today’s components do not meet the strict engineering tolerances that we demand inorder to deliver the highest standards of music performance.

We don’t compromise and we do not believe that music lovers should either…

FIT

As with the electronics, our mechanical design leaves nothing to chance as we use no magnetic material for our chassis and

only pure aluminium/stainless steel. We also choose our partners very carefully, seeking only specialists in their respected fields. Every single part goes through a rigorous quality control process after each stage in production. We even hand carry all parts between the different manufactures to avoid any form of damage during transportation. With our final rigorous quality control process, only the parts that actually make it through this extreme process are assembled (all in-house) to create a product

that will stand the test of time.

QUALITY

Before any product leaves our factory, it undergoes a thorough testing period of approximately one week. During this period we

take all the circuitry to its absolute limits, in both temperature, signal conditioning and supply rails.

When this full week of stressing the electronics is completed – we leave the product operating for another week – securing optimal performance in sound – and functionality of the test circuitry.

CARE

Every Vitus Audio piece is carefully packed in protective foam, which is then housed in substantial packaging suitable for transport. Our larger/heavier products even have a dedicated wooden crate, which has been built specially for that product.

No matter where in the world you are, you can be sure that your Vitus Audio product will arrive to you safely.

FINISH

Vitus Audio products are as visually beautiful as the music they make. A contemporary design that will complement any room perfectly.

Simple, clean lines create a timeless piece of craftsmanship. The understated elegance of every Vitus piece draws the listener even deeper into their music and pride of ownership comes as standard.

Standard colours are Black, Grey and Bright, while other colours are available at additional cost.

COLOUR OPTIONS

Bright, Grey, Black

Bronze, Bespoke

من خود ویتوس رو دوست دارم، آدم راحتی هست، الان عکس هارو برام فرستاد. اونجا آقای رحمانی ایشون رو دیدند و نظر آقای رحمانی هم خیلی در مورد شخصیت ایشون مثبت هست.

به گفته آقای رحمانی ویتوس بزرگترین اتاق رو برای دمو محصولاتش تو نمایشگاه انتخاب کرده بود و یک اجرای زنده هم بود که شنونده ها میتونستند صدای ویتوس رو با اجرای زنده مقایسه کنند.

عکس بالا، آقای رحمانی در کنار آقای ویتوس

من دو سه روزی نبودم اما قبل از سفرم مطلبی رو از رومی نوشتم.

متاسف میشم که کسی از نوشته من دلخور بشه، من فقط نظر رومی رو نوشتم و قصدم هدف قرار دادن کسی نبود، قبلش هم نوشتم کس خاصی مورد نظر من نیست اما مثل اینکه اینطور تعبیر نشد.

به هر حال من متاسفم اگر کسی از این نوشته رومی ناراحت شد و امیدوارم حساسیت های این فضا اونقدر کم بشه که من خیالم راحت باشه تا کسی از اینگونه نوشته ها رنجیده خاطر نمیشه.

من از همه مخاطبان ای (چه دوستان و چه کسانی که ندیدمشون) که تو این سه سال از نوشته هام و یا از حرفهام دلخور شدند میخوام منو ببخشند چون واقعا من هیچ وقت قصد ناراحت کردن کسی رو نداشتم.

من که بیخیال های فای شدم اما امیدوارم همه علاقه مندان به های فای موفق و شاد و پیروز باشند و فضای گفتگو شاد و پرانرژی باشه و این عذرخواهی شروعی باشه برای رفع همه دلخوری ها، بقول آقای میرزایی های فای بهانه ای است برای این دوستی ها

من هنوزم بدون فیدبک مینویسم اما تمام سعی ام رو میکنم کسی از دستم ناراحت نشه و امیدوارم کسی نوشته ها رو به خودش ربط نده چون من قصدم هدف قرار دادن کسی نیست.

راستی سفر هم خوش گذشت و شنیدن یک آهنگ باحال از عباس قادری عزیز رو به دوستان پیشنهاد میکنم :

پارسال با هم دسته جمعی رفته بودیم زیارت …

سایت ام تو ماه گذشته کمی بیننده هاش رفت بالا و این دو سه روز پهنای باندش تموم شد. از ادمین خواستم این چند روز رو همراهی کنه تا برسیم به اول ماه بعد.

البته اگر اینجوری ادامه پیدا کنه ممکنه پلن رو ارتقاء بدم.

یک مطلب هم از رومی بخونید که جالبه، البته امیدوارم نوشته های زیر به کسی برنخوره، من چون مطلب جالب بود اینجا آوردمش و فکر میکنم نوشته های رومی میتونه کمک کنه دید بهتری به موضوعات داشته باشیم :

http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=4611

The most appalling audio types :

The Shepherded:
The Shepherded audio person usually has reasonably well paid job and from reasonably to highly educated. He has some extra money and extra time to spend in his life, so instead of sniffing cocaine, polishing his Harley or painting his boat the Shepherded chose to “do audio”. The audio interests of the Shepherded are very restricted and usually drift atop of the audiophile’s foamy waves. The main objective of the Shepherded’s “hobby” is to harvest the industry marketing accomplishments and to implement them in own listening room. Any more or less evolved objectives of music reproduction are mostly alien forms for a Shepherded audio type. If some kind of sounds are played with the Shepherded playback then juts it is juts in order to confirm that the Shepherded playback assembly is still working and comply with the “embraced definition of success”
For him Sound in his rooms is purely a unsystematic outcome of equipment he has managed to collect

Audio Groupies :
The Audio Groupies are the people who made own awareness subordinated to some kind of audio initiative, concept, brand, company, product, group pf interest or most frequently a marketing slogan (or something that will call “X-Subject” in this post).
The biggest problem with the Audio Groupies is that they do not understand that any success of any audio “X-Subjects” belong of END USER but not belong an industry solution providers. Any technology or notion in the hands of barbarian produce barbarian results and in contrary: in order to get a higher level of results any “X-Subject” should be properly employed by end users and the results should be properly understood by user’s own capacity. The Audio Groupies are not creative, are not inclined to originality, not inventive or have power to create. They rather are individuals bound in servitude, subordinance and following.

Audio DIYers:
To make the long story very short: a progress in audio could be determined ONLY by deepening of musical evolvement of the individual who does Audio. Audio DIY movement (as a structured generality) and the 95% of DIY individuals have no distinct interest in musical advancement. DIY audio is VERY simple and everything that you do “works”. How to assess the worth of that “working”? Here is where “something else” should come to the picture and unfortunately most of the DIY people do not have that “something else”…
There is a difference between building Sound and building a DAC, building a speaker or building a listening room. DIYers do not look at Sound as a Tool for something else but rather they look at sound as an Article of Trade, sort of a variable that might be played with in order to justify their audio self-amusement. There is nothing wrong with DIY audio as hobby. There is nothing right with Sound in the rooms of the DIY people who understand audio just as hobby….

Vintage Sufferers:
The people who suffer from the vintagtism in audio are special breed of Audio Morons™. Those people discovered a single focus of interests in some kind of vintage item and this focus became a point an unconditional dedication and fanatical devotion. What is remarkable that most of the Vintage Sufferers very fast switch their attention from the alleged sonic benefit of a given vintage solution (actual or imaginary) to the superficial worshiping of the solution’s status

the Friendship Bound:
Sure, everyone would have own recipe how to deal with it.  My personal view is a complete disassociation of friendship from my audio interests. I do not pressure audio for entertainment of others and I do not use audio for development of my social circle (as many other do). In fact I found the social circles in audio are incredible boring and much more inferior then other “circles of interests”. So, the friendship-based audio I found always tedious, contra-productive and always severally underperforming. I might go on and on about the reasons why friendship-based audio is unfertile but would it be necessary? The important point is that audio people snowed under the slavery of friendship are hardly individuals who have own sight but rather Zombies with algorithmable pattern of reactions. They are very frequently are combined with all above-mention audio types…

friends to be:
This is another type of appalling idiots that I can’t stand. Thos people run across audio enthusiasts in desperate but violent desire to develop a friendship. Not even a friendship but some kind of surrogate of familiarity that based upon absolutely contrived and falsely fabricated rational.

personally over-vested:
I think I need to isolate this type into own group. This is own special bread of idiots, presented explicitly within internet whose trepidation about own brand of cable elevators make them to get any comments about anything that reminds a cable elevator as personal insult of own mother. Any, not even critical but even less then admireative comments about anything abstract would  make the idiots to behave as you call his children ugly and you face a barrage of senseless accusations.
Anyhow, I hate those sons of the bitches and probably from now and own I need instead of trying to educate idiots about audio I need to explain them that their children shall be ugly if their fathers behave like this.  What the difference – the result will be the same anyhow….

یکی از چیزهایی که من ازش غافل بودم این بود که های فای برای من ممکنه همون معنی ای رو نده که برای دیگران میده، در نظر نگرفتن نگاه دیگران میتونه کمی ما رو از درک چگونگی برخورد دیگران با این مقوله دور کنه.

مثلا ممکنه کسی دلش بخواد از این هابی فقط لذت ببره و اصلا خیلی براش مقصد (صدای خوب) مهم نباشه و تنها به همون مسیر توجه کنه، این لذت میتونه استریو فایل خوندن و بر مبنای پیشنهاد این مجله برند جدیدی مثل Halcro خریدن باشه، میتونه بازی با انواع مختلف آمپلی فایرها و بلندگوها باشه، میتونه به فروشنده ها سر زدن و گپی با اونها زدن باشه، میتونه تیون و tweak باشه ، میتونه با دوستان های فای گپ زدن باشه ، میتونه سر زدن به سایتها باشه ، میتونه کمی هم به آکوستیک توجه کردن باشه و …

همه این چیزهایی که نوشتم رو من نقد نمیکنم چون نمیشه گفت تفریح های فای چیز بدی هست یا چیز خوبی هست. زمانی موضوع نقد یک مساله پیش کشیده میشه که ما هر چیزی رو نسبت به برداری بسنجیم، مثلا اگر بردار حرکت ما فقط صدای خوب باشه من فکر میکنم استریو فایل خوندن و سیستم ارتقاء دادن بر مبنای پیشنهاد این مجله کاملا میتونه ما رو وارد مسیر اشتباهی بکنه اما اگر بردار فقط صدای بهتر نیست و ما دوست داریم با کامپوننت ها بازی کنیم و لذت ببریم این بازی بالاخره میتونه شکلی داشته باشه و من هیچ نظری راجع بهش ندارم اما خودم رو وارد بازی های فای نمیکنم چون فکر میکنم میتونم وقت ام رو بجای گفتگو با دیگران جای بهتری صرف کنم و یا پول ام رو میتونم صرف بازی های دیگه ای بکنم که هم برام جذاب تره و هم لذت بیشتری رو بهم میده .

اگر من تابحال زدم تو سر استریوفایل و یا چیزهای دیگری رو بردم زیر سوال بخاطر این بود که من بردار رو صدای بهتر تعریف کردم وگرنه اگر قراره ما فقط از این تفریح لذت ببریم دیگه فرقی نمیکنه Soulution بخریم و یا Vitus . وقتی فقط موضوع، بازی های فای هست دیگه فرقی نمیکنه سورس آنالوگ باشه یا دیجیتال و یا آمپلی فایرمون Air Tight باشه و یا Audio Note . خیلی از این فروشندگان دوست داشتند چنین سایتی وجود نداشت و هر کسی مشغول کار خودش میشد چون میدونند خیلی از این مشتریان فقط دوست دارند یه چیزی بخرند و نوشته های اکبری کمی وضعیت رو ناخوشایند میکنه.

به هر حال من این سایت رو برای این شروع نکردم که بشه فقط جایی برای سرزدن کسانی که از این بازی لذت میبرند چون اگر اینطور بود من هیچوقت نوشته هایی رو برای زیر سوال بردن چیزی نمینوشتم (خصوصا با این ادبیات نسبتا تند) و سعی میکردم همه از خوندن مطالب راضی و شاد باشند، مثلا هم مینوشتم Soulution خیلی خوبه که وارد کننده اش  و مشتریانش حال کنند، هم مینوشتم Vitus خوبه و هم مینوشتم NAD خیلی عالیه، هم مینوشتم استریو فایل چقدر باحاله و کلا بر مبنای یک ساختار ارزش گذاری پیش نمیرفتم که برای خودم دردسر درست کنم. این دردسر ها فقط برگشت فیدبک از کسانی نیست که منافعی تواین کار دارند بلکه کلا فضای های فای طوری هست که کسانی که نظراتشون مخالف این سایت هست هم واکنش هایی نشون میدن و خیلی وضعیت راحت و نقد پذیری وجود نداره.

البته من خودم رو از دیگران جدا نمیکنم و اخیرا به دوستی میگفتم همه ماها از جمله خود من روی نظراتمون تعصباتی داریم، حالا یکی بیشتر و یکی کمتر و برای همینه نقد نوشتن با صراحت (اونم با این ادبیات) چیز کم دردسری تو فضای های فای ایران نیست.

امیدوارم بقول آقای راد کمی توان تحمل نظرات دیگران در ما بیشتر بشه و فضای بهتری داشته باشیم ، اینو اول به خودم میگم. من فکر میکنم کمی حساسیت ها ، دلخوری ها و عصبانیت ها تو این فضا بالاتر از حد منطقی هست و ما یا باید حساسیت هامون رو کاهش بدیم و بیشتر تحمل نظر مخالف رو داشته باشیم و یا باید همگی نظراتمون رو پنهان کنیم و بچسبیم به تعارف و عدم صراحت. حالت دوم محافظه کارانه تر هست اما هیچ نقد و گفتگویی رو دربر نداره اما حالت اول میتونه بنظر من سازنده تر باشه. البته فراموش نکنیم من اظهار نظر و گفتگو رو موقعی مثبت میبینم که نظر دهنده سه شرط ای که گفتم رو رعایت کنه.

بنظر من استریو فایل هم فهمیده اکثر مخاطبان از همین بازی لذت میبرند و برای همینه که سیاستی رو در پیش گرفته که هم برای مخاطبان جذاب باشه و هم گردشی برای صنعت صدا ایجاد کنه (همه راضی باشند) اما یکی مثل رومی مسیرش دقیقا نقد مسائل بر مبنای یک هدف مشخص هست و نه های فای بازی و شما میبینید تعداد مخاطبان استریوفایل خیلی خیلی بیشتر از سایت رومی هست.

هر کسی مسیری داره بنابراین یکی میشه مخاطب رومی و یکی میشه مخاطب استریو فایل و هیچ ایرادی هم وجود نداره چون هر کسی دنبال چیزی که دوست داره هست.

به تازگی رومی این مطلب رو تو انجمنش نوشته که هرچند به بحث ما مرتبط نیست اما جالبه:

http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=13640#13640

There is no need to say anything if there is nothing to say.
Talking with a different audio people and familiarizing myself with what they do I have been observing a well-recognized pattern. The majority of audio people of course are the wasted hostages of adulthood boredom. Still there is a very small layer of audio enthusiasts, probably no more than 0.5%, who are trying to pursuit a sensible reasoning of own audio actions. Those people operate by speakers, amplifiers, cable and the 99.5% of the rest audio Morons think that they are their “audio colleges”, however in really it is very far from truth. Thos people arrange own “authored” playbacks, the playbacks that have expression of own personally and the playbacks that address and express own sonic objectives. This is very far from just building high-fidelity that mostly misunderstood in audio anyhow. This notion of the audio personalization became somehow “popular” recently, primary by the efforts of the sites like mine. Also, the industry whorish shepherds in their desire to develop new and new sale techniques read the sites like mine and try to wax similar poetry promoting the new crap that they were given to sale. Anyhow, let leave the gaining popularity of that “alternative sale” alone – it really does not matter to me how “the whores sale crap to the Morons” –  the phrase that might be the industry slogan. Let to look at that 0.5% of audio folks who do try making sensible efforts in sound reproduction.
For instance, we have a person who setup a playback that reflects his or her very specific sonic objectives and very specific points of expressionism. What does it mean? Does it mean the person’s playback is able to handle higher forms of musicality? Not necessary. If playback is a reflection of intention and objectives then the main question is: how noble and how refined those intentions are. This is dangers territory where people prefer do not go but I do, in facts I feel very comfortable in this territory. I insist that a great proportion of audio enthusiast (still among those 0.5%, the rest are just an irrelevant waste) failed with this playbacks at the level of uninvolved, banal and under developed objectives.   Did you see those young pianists that superbly render notes but their sound never become meaningful music? In their case the low expressivity of this musical phraseology is a direct reflection of their insufficient personal development. They are too “small” to play some music; they can handle the time-amplitude evidence of sound but they are no able to feel sound with subconscious subliminal sensations. There is nothing wrong with it. Those musicians might be wonderful people but they are limited in greatness of musical expressivity.
There is an absolutely the same situation in audio among those 0.5%. The people might have well-formed sonic objective, and they might have skills and means to renders those objective into audio solution but the very question would be – how elevated those sonic objective are? Unfortunately many, very many audio people (against the best part of them, the 0.5%) have sonic ideas very primitive. The primitivism of their audio sinking is very well might be recognize from what people say and in most cases it is not necessary to hear this playback. You would never believe how frequently I make an assumption how a person’ playback might sound by not looking at the person equipment but by listening/reading what a person intend to say. You would be shocked how accurate my predictions are. Particularly if to know the specific gear involved that it is possible to make very-very accurate assumption.
The point of this that we do not escape from ourselves – we are what we are and our actions in audio are juts reflections of it. If you look at an exposition of a painter or read a novel then we can make a very accurate estimate what was in a head of the artist. With playbacks the situation is absolutely identical. There is no need to write a book if there is nothing to say. There is no need compose a symphony if you have nothing express. There is no need to paint, dance, sing, engineer or to do anything creatively if behind you creativity there is no underlying realization of reason, purpose or expressively of you own thought or feeling. There is no needs to build a playback of you have nothing to express by the sound of this playback, at least if you have nothing to say to yourself…
Rgs, Romy the Cat

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پرفسور Fritz Sennheiser در سن 98 سالگی درگذشت.

ایشون پایه گذار کمپانی آلمانی Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG بودند که هدفونهاشون خیلی معروف هست. این کمپانی رو سال 1945 تاسیس کردند و تو زمینه تولید هدفون و میکروفن فعالیت داشتند.

من خودم از هدفون خوشم میاد خصوصا اگر با یک آمپ مینیمال لامپی با مدل زیر صدا رو بشنوم :

Decware The Zen Triode Stereo Pre-amplifier MODEL CSP2 (Single Ended Triode Class A1 OTL with a tube rectified high current power supply)

با یک DAC ساده 47 Labs (زیر 1500 دلار) دیگه خیلی میشه مینی مال، هم مشکل درایو بلندگو نداریم، هم مشکل Crosstalk استریو رو نداریم، هم مجبور نیستیم دنبال DPOLS بگردیم، هم ترانس خروجی نداریم، هم کل مدار بسیار بسیار ساده و مینی مال هست و هم بقیه کسانی که تو خونه هستند مجبور نیستند صدایی رو بشنوند که ما دوست داریم بشنویم.

هدفون خوب میتونه یک امتیاز بزرگ باشه هرچند بنظر من فقط با هدفون شنیدن کمی در دراز مدت برای گوش من خسته کننده هست اما 100 درصد پیشنهاد میکنم چنین چیزی رو تهیه کنید چون کل هزینه آمپ CSP2 و بهترین نوع هدفون Sennheiser HD800 زیر 2 میلیون درمیاد اما صداش واقعا در مقیاس قیمتش خیلی عالیه.

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هدفون برای شنیدن درازمدت خوب نیست حداقل من نمیتونم بیشتر از یکساعت بهش گوش بدم.