Audiolab 8200MB User Manual download pdf

DAC/PRE

POWERAWIPS

s/PDrF/UsB DAc/preamp

& monoblock

poweramps.

Rated at zsow

Made by: lac Group

ttd, PRc

supplied by:

Audiolab, cambs

Telephone: 01480

447700

web: www.audiolab.co.uk

Audiolab

M-DAC/B2OOMB

(f6001f1000

each)

With

filters

galore

and a wealth

user-info

wedded

to some

solid-state

brawn,

this

decade aqo,

the new 8200MBs

seem

very

good

value

at hall that today.

Their

industrially

sleek matt-black

boxes and

red LED5

may resemble something

out

of The Terminator,but

as with

Arnie's

cyborg

alter-ego,

they look indestructible.

Under

each amp'5

lid reside six Sanken

power

transistors. They

also use automatic

signal sensing

circuitry

instead of an on/

off switch,

and when in this

mode will only

power

up when

the music is

forthcoming.

lncidentally,

the

DAc's wand-like

remote

is worthy

praise

because,

as well as

controlling the

DAC, it can

also be used to

pause/skipiselect audio from

a computer,

streaming

through

the USB input.

Setting

up the

DAC together with

the

8200M8

monoblocks,

I began to explore

its

menu. While

its interface

is easy to use,

you

will

need the manual

to fully understand

all of

the options the

M-DAC offers.

Firstly,

there are

various display

options allowing

you

to view,

for example,

the actual

(rather

than nominal)

incoming sampling

rate,

the incoming

level, time and

track number

from the source,

and the M-DAc's

output

level

(in dB). With the

M-DAC set to

its IJSB

input,

you

can also usefully

view the buffer

state of the incoming

stream.

new

DAC/preamp

and

partnering

monoblocks

forms the

heart of a

powerful

system

Review:

Andrew

Simpson

Lab: Paul

Miller

wenty

years

a long time

to wait

belore

releasing

your

replacement

model,

but this is what

Audiolab

says it's done

with the lvl-DAC,

which advances

what the

8000DAC began

way back in

1992. ln truth

though, the

new

M-DAC

is far

more than an

improved 8000,

and

its origins actually

stem

from a design

its creator

John Westlake

brought

with him,

when he

joined

Audiolab

and its

Parent

company lAc.

With so many

DAC5 hitting

the

market

in recent times,

each new

model

needs to

offer something

extra over

the

competition

il it's to

get

noticed. What

the

Audiolab majors

on is

giving

the user

information

and thus control

over the

music

llowing through

it.

But

let's first

9et

through

the usual

checklist of

what the DAc

offers, which

includes variable

output as well

as fixed,

enabling

it to be

used as a

preamp

to drive

power

amps directly.

lts coaxial

(s/PDIF)

inputs

support incoming

data rates

up to

BETOW: The

legible screen

otrers ample info

through

valious display

modes

chosen via the

rotary

knob- A bulton toggles

through

seven

diqital tiher

options. Note

headPhone output

24-bitl192kH2,

while

its optical

(s/PDIF) and

asynchronous

USB

inputs support

incoming

data up to

24-biti96kHz.

We're told that

standalone upgrade

PSU is

in the

pipeline,

which

will also sport

an analogue

variable

output

for the M-DAc,

improvinq on

its

internal

digital volume

control.

The M-DAC

boasts 26

internallY

regulated supply

rails and

a IFET Class

output stage.

At its heart lies

the same

ESg0l85

Sabre Reference

32'bit

DAC chip,

from ESs,

that we recently

saw in Oppo's

BDP-95EU universal

player

IHFN

[/ay

'12]

and

which.lohn Westlake

helped

develop.

'l've always been

a believer

in discrete

DACS

and worked with

the earlier

9008

version,'

he explains.

'My feedback on

this

was then used

to develop

the 9018.'

TOUGH

AS THE

IERMINATOR

It was an

obvious step

partner

with

the company's

new 8200M8

monoblocks

get

the full

Audiolab experience.

These minimalist

powerhouses

back

Audiolab's days

under TAC

McLaren

ownership

[see

l4]- specifically

TAC's

250L{R monoblocks,

upon

which the

Audiolab

amps

seem to be closely

based.

Civen

that the TAGS

cost f2k each

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