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Have you ever thought of a second system that could satisfy all your listening needs despite being very practical and small? Have you ever thought of giving this system as a gift so that someone else could enjoy "fine sound"?
Or have you approached this world recently and are you looking for something different to what you have listened to until now?

Enigma was created to satisfy all these requests, but the development of the product, improved and modified by experience brought us much more than we initially expected: a high quality audiophile system in all its parts, capable of reproducing all the detail within the musical scene, and with excellent depth and weight to the sound.

Enigma is a exceptional unit, the first and unique example of multi-function high-end unit.

Is possible to equalize the Enigma audio output?

The Enigma as every Audio Analogue's products doesn't have an equalizer inside. In fact it would be against the proper philosophy of an high end audio amplifier which must behave equally for every frequency. In other words the aim of the high end audio amplifier must be to reproduce in the same excellent way every frequency. Is not the audio amplifier's task to emphasize a particular frequency range but is who record the music to decide it. The use of an equalizer is often a characteristic of "cosumer" products which manipulate the audio source signal to make up for a lower audio quality. But in that way they are corrupting the artistic choise performed by who recorded and produced the music. An other issue is when the equalizer is used to compensate some acoustic behaviours of the listening enviroment but in such case is better, as first, to work on the listening enviroment itself(properly placing the loudspeakers and the listening point, attenuate the reverberations and the resonances...).

Which are the main differences between the Enigma REV2.0 and the previous one?

Audio Performances (for further details see the introduction document at the link: http://www.audioanalogue.com/Download/EnigmaREV2.0Intro(Eng).pdf): • New Preamp Section: the new Enigma Rev2.0 has really better audio quality compared to the previous one (both on the listening tests and technical tests, see the technical data for further details) and that is due mainly to the new Vacuum tube Preamplifier section. The new Pre-amp has been designed developing the Rossini CD Player Vacuum Tube output stage which shown to be astonishing musical. The stage has been modified to be used like a preamplifier stage further increasing the audio quality of the circuit • New Digital to analog section: the Enigma REV2.0 has a new improved DA section based on a Burr Brown 192KHz/24bit Enhanced Multilevel sigma Delta DAC. • Power stage: the new preamp section has remarkably improved the bass response of the product so we have tuned the power stage to improve the bass response capability of the power stage. Input/Output connections: • Mono Out: the Enigma REV2.0 has a mono output to directly drive an active subwoofer • Front In: the Enigma REV2.0 has a Line Input placed on the front panel to be easily connect to the Line output of an MP3 Player such as an iPod for example Control: (see the user manual for details) • No Pre StandBy: the previous revision had a pre standby procedure to let the vacuum tube get cold before the unit were switched on. The Enigma Rev2.0 doesn't have any pre standby procedure, and after the cable is plugged in and the main switch in the rear panels is turned off it is immediately ready to be switched on. • Reduced Vacuum Tube heating time: in the new Enigma revision the vacuum tube power supply is different and because of that not only the pre standby has been eliminated but also the vacuum tube heating time has been reduced to 15 seconds only! • Auto Play/Volume recall function: these function have been implemented to permit the user to automatically play a source with a particular audio level. That's say you have just to turn on the unit and after some seconds you will listen the music with no needs to send any command! In other words get into your home switch on the Enigma go in the bedroom to take off your shoes and the Enigma is playing! (see the user manual for details) • Selectable volume scale: it is possible to select the volume scale of the unit to have the best match with the used loudspeakers (see the user manual at page for details) • Balance function Design • New front design to move the light on the product, let the light run on the whole front and create the illusion of a product composed by two ones. The upper part has been lighten reducing the number of switches, and the silkscreens have been placed to balance the vacuum tube window. • New front grey background display with better contrast and brightness.

Enigma - Owner's Manual (990,0 kb)

Parameter 

Value 

Dimensions (Nota1) 

4,9 x 8,3 x 15,7 " 

Weight 

20,5 Lbs 

Integrated Amplifier 

Vacuum Tube Preamp Stage 

THD+N (1W, 8Ohm 1KHz) 

<0,03 % (A Weighting) 

Frequency Response (Nota2) 

> 100 KHz 

Noise level (Nota5) 

-100 dB 

Output Power (Nota4) 

45W / 8Ohm p.c. 

CD Player 

CD Mechanism TEAC CD-5010A 

THD+N @ 1KHz 0dBFs (nota6) 

<0,03% 

THD+N @ 1KHz -10dBFs (nota6) 

<0,009% 

Dynamic range (Nota6) 

76 dB 

TUNER 

Signal/Noise Ratio FM 

60 dB min 

Signal/Noise Ratio AM 

40 dB min 

2 Line Inputs + Mono Out