Masterclass FPA-4 Pure Class ‘A’ Stereo Power Amplifier

The FPA-04 power amplifier is the latest member of the Sugden Masterclass Family. A Pure Class ‘A’ Power Amplifier of 30 watts per channel. This output stage is of the classic Sugden single ended design which has given musical satisfaction to thousands of discerning music lovers over many years.

The facilities on the Amplifier include, Phono (RCA/asymmetrical) stereo pair and a pair of stereo Balanced input XLR connectors. Output is via two stereo pair of speaker binding posts with facilities for Spade, Bare wire or Speaker Jack Connectors. The Balanced Input facility is connected to left and right virtual transformer circuits to convert the signals to single ended. This takes advantage of the characteristics of the balanced input which together with the superb performance of the unbalanced circuitry gives the potential for simply more music.

The input stage of the amplifier (which is a New Design) has been developed to enhance the overall performance and further exploit the potential of the Class ‘A’ output Stage. It has the characteristics of a very good Valve amplifier with soft clipping and low internal overloads. The phase shift at high frequencies is also extremely low resulting in a very open, uncompressed big and fatigue free sound stage.

The amplifier benefits from a comparator and correction circuit so that errors which would occur in the power stage, due to varying loads and distortion, are corrected to match the output of the high impedance input amplifier. Whilst it is maintaining the signal authenticity it is also increases the load stability and forces the output impedance to zero. The Amplifier with Sugden Error Correction has extremely low open loop output impedance with a resultant high damping factor at quite high frequencies.

Coupling of the output of the Amplifier to its chosen speakers is via a ‘soft connection’ protection board. It is a static contact switching board using extremely low ‘on resistance’ power mosfets. These devices are timed on and off to enable soundless connection to the speakers however sensitive.

This Amplifier like other Sugden Amplifiers has been designed and developed to give the ultimate musical satisfaction from the myriad of music storage / reproduction sources which now exist.

Facilities:

Inputs – Stereo line level & stereo balanced.

Outputs – Stereo pair multi way locking binding posts.

Specifications:

Input sensitivity – 1V for full output.

Power output – 30 Watts into 8 ohms both channels working (depending on input voltage).

Frequency response – 0dB 18Hz – 95kHz.

Bandwidth – 3dB points 10Hz – 125kHz.

Signal to noise – >82dB.

Distortion at 1 Watt,1 kHz – <0.04%.

Net weight – 15kgs.

Dimensions – 143 x 430 x 350mm (hwd).

Recommended Retail Price – AUD$4,350.00.

Sapphire FBA-800 Floating Bridge Pure Class ‘A’ Stereo Power Amplifier

Sugden Audio is pleased to introduce the new Sapphire FBA-800 Pure Class ‘A’ Stereo Power Amplifier which will further enhance Sugden’s standing and reputation amongst discerning music lovers.

Sugden’s main objective in developing the FBA-800 has been musical performance coupled to a practical user interface, pride of possession and product longevity.

The market trends for new and fashionable technologies have not been ignored and the FBA-800 has been developed to complement and present the user with the very best euphonic experience.

As with all Sugden Products they are designed and manufactured by Sugden in its West Yorkshire, England premises. The use of through hole as opposed to surface mount components, where possible, enhances product life, performance and reliability.

Sugden has extensive experience in Class ‘A’ amplification and overwhelming belief in the sonic advantages of Class ‘A’ operation.

The FBA-800 is a, Floating Bridge Power Amplifier operating in Pure Class ‘A’ output mode. Power output is set at 40 watts / channel, the unit’s toroidal transformer is rated at 350va. The Amplifier has the input facilities of: Balanced Input or Phono/asymmetric input, (both stereo pairs) Output is through a Stereo pair of Speaker Binding Posts.

Selected optional facilities are:

Input sensitivity: this can be reduced in one step by -6dB. This allows the user to adjust the balance/ matching of the Audio, chain, i.e. PreAmp – Power Amp,- Loudspeakers. The sensitivity is selected by Push Button, located on the front Panel.

Balanced or Phono/RCA input: is also exercised by a Push Button on the front Panel.

The FBA-800 Power Amplifier is a Stereo, Class A amplifier operating in the Bridged Mode with the Output earth Floating. Each channel consists of two amplifiers working as voltage amplifiers driving an output stage of Bridged Power transistors. The advantages are a low noise floor, better power output relative to the voltage rails (x2) and with the fixed current of the Class A mode, low output impedance and better load tolerance. The Amplifier has been designed for modern high efficiency loudspeakers.

The Power amplifier is D.C. coupled, with a servo lock, ensuring excellent low frequency detail. For safety purposes the amplifier includes a d.c. protection circuit. This circuit is statically switched using extremely low impedance Mosfet switching devices. This circuit also soft switches the Power Amp On and Off.

The power supply is a low impedance design with a single custom made bi-filar wound transformer, with four separate windings, The main smoothing capacitors for the output stage are specially developed for professional audio applications with excellent ripple characteristics and long life. The Four power transistors per channel in the output stages are multi emitter devices with an output capability of 26 amps per device.

The FBA-800 operates in the full balanced mode from the input of the unit to the output. This is accomplished by using the two amplifiers per channel in the balanced mode. For people who want to experience all the emotions of music this Amplifier is set completely in Class ‘A’. No compromise has been taken with the build quality of its electronic circuitry, electronic components, or case work. It includes gold plated circuit boards, and high quality internal silver wiring all designed to give long life and the ultimate musical performance.

It is always exciting when a new project reaches the performance stage and the FBA 800 amplifier through its development has continued to astound and excite through thousands of hours of tuning and development. The finished product is a precious link to Simply More Music.

Facilities:

Inputs – Stereo line level, stereo balanced.

Outputs – Stereo pair multi way locking binding posts.

Front panel gain selector – 6dB input attenuation.

Front Panel input selector – RCA or XLR.

Specifications:

Input sensitivity – 735mV for full output.

Power output – 40 Watts into 8 ohms both channels working.

Frequency response – 0dB 20Hz – 80kHz.

Bandwidth – 3dB points 6Hz – 113kHz.

Signal to noise – >96dB.

Distortion at 1 Watt,1 kHz – >0.05%.

Net weight – 25kgs.

Dimensions – 206 x 430 x 460mm (hwd).

Recommended Retail Price – AUD$9,350.00.

Sapphire DAP-800 Digital Analogue Pre-Amplifier

Sugden Audio is pleased to introduce the new Sapphire DAP-800 High End Digital Pre-Amplifier & DAC which will further enhance the Company’s standing and reputation amongst discerning music lovers.

Sugden’s main objective in developing the DAP-800 has been musical performance coupled to a practical user interface, pride of possession and product longevity.

The market trends for new and fashionable technologies have not been ignored and the DAP-800 has been developed to complement and present the user with the very best euphonic experience.

As with all Sugden Products they are designed and manufactured by Sugden in its West Yorkshire, England premises. The use of through hole as opposed to surface mount components, where possible, enhances product life, performance and reliability.

The DAP-800 is an Analogue pre-amplifier with a separate in built DAC facility. It has:-

Analog Inputs:

One pair of Balanced Inputs.

Four Pair of Phono/RCA Inputs.

One Pair of By-Pass Inputs Phono/RCA.

Digital Inputs:

One x USB type B.

Two x Toslink Optical S/PDIF.

Three x Coaxial S/PDIF.

Analog Outputs:

One pair of XLR Balanced Outputs.

One pair of Phono/RCA Tape outputs.

Two pair of Phono/RCA outputs.

The individual sections of the pre-amplifier i.e. Analogue and Digital are self contained stages having their own Power Supplies voltage regulation and circuit board assemblies The analogue stage has a 50 watt toroidal transformer and the digital stage a 15 watt E core transformer. The digital facility power supplies are totally isolated from the analogue stage.

The Pre Amplifiers analogue stage incorporates a Sugden VCV circuit in its most developed advanced form. This circuit has a high impedance input section, current gain stage (without attenuation problems) which drives a folded cascode stage into a Class ‘A’ output stage. The folded cascode circuit facilitates a wide bandwidth with maximum dynamics and low capacitive connectivity.

The tonal balance is irrespective of the output level and the sense of headroom, imaging and soundstage is to be believed.

The DAC facility to interface with digital products includes inputs for USB, Optical and coaxial S/PDIF signals. The actual DAC is a non-oversampling, digital filtering- less, DAC where the digital interface transceiver is a Wolfson Micro electronics device. The DAC also includes Post Conversion Filtering in the analogue output stage. The USB signal received is converted via a circuit including a Texas Instruments Universal IC whose SPDIF output signal is re-clocked and de jittered by the Wolfson interface transceiver.

This DAC configuration has been adopted for Sugdens Digital Processing after many many hours of actual auditioning of a wide sample of DSPs. The auditory perception/Musical performance in terms of dynamic balance, tonal balance, voice and emotion, are so much more satisfying and Sugden’s preference.

Facilities:

Analogue inputs – Four line level inputs, one balanced input & bypass.

Digital inputs – Three S/PDIF coax, two S/PDIF optical & one USB type B Word length up to 24bit 96k.

Outputs – Two line level outputs, one balanced output, & tape output.

Volume control – Motorised remote control (analogue) RC5 compatible.

Mains power switching – Separate for analogue and digital circuits.

Technical Specifications:

Input sensitivity – 120mV for 1 Volt out.

Maximum output – 9 Volts.

Frequency response – 0dB 15Hz – 98kHz. 3dB 8Hz – 125khz.

Signal to noise – >85dB.

Distortion – <0.05% @ 1kHz, 1Volt out.

Nett Weight – 10 kgs.

Dimensions – 120 x 430 x 340mm (hwd).

Recommended Retail Price – AUD$5,950.00.

DreamVision Dreamy “Geek” Versatile & Portable HD Projector

This amazing compact projector is just the thing for using anywhere in the home, office or any location you can connect to power.

A fantastic partner to your computer, notebook or MacBook, tablet, smart phone and USB flash drive.

It has excellent performance for business and entertainment – presentations, gaming, video, movies, photographs and more.

Built in amplifier, speakers and Wi-Fi .

The Geek’s connectivity:

• 2x HDMI 1.4
• 1x Video Composite
• 1x Audio RCA
• 1x VGA PC D-Sub 15
• 3x USB Inputs
• 1x Micro-SD Card Slot (up to 64 Go)
• 1x Audio Jack Out
• 1x Ethernet RJ45

Specifications:

• Small size & lightweight (<1 kg) portable projector
• 720P HD-Ready DLP (1280×800) resolution
• Estimated 30,000 hours of operation due to LED lamp technology
• 500 Lumens
• 10,000:1 Contrast Ratio
• Short Throw Fixed Lens (1.19:1 throw ratio = 100”@ 2.66 m) / Manual Focus
• Brilliant Image with CreC Technology
• 16 Million Colors
• Dual Core 1G CPU with Cortex A9 Technology
• 2 GPU (Mali 400)
• 768 Mo RAM
• 2Go EMMC
• Android 4.0 Operating System
• 4x Built-in HiFi Speakers (16W)
• Built-in Wi-Fi 
• Black finish

Recommended Retail Price:

Dreamy Geek.  Supplied direct by the wholesaler anywhere in Australia. AUD$995.00

Tentation: The Yunzi Tentation has a unique paint finish using particle sputtering process.  Available in metallic bronze limited edition.

$1,550.00.

Life! Collection: Custom colour based on RAL classification number, which is the Central European Colour Standard.  The ultimate personalisation, match your projector to your decor.

$595.00.

Rosso Special F. Glossy Red: Classy red.

$495.00

DreamVision Yunzi Family Full HD Active 3D Home Cinema Projector

The Yunzi Family is a scaled down version of the Yunzi 1 and does not have the following: 4K Interpolation, Colour Management System (CMS), colour Profiles, Environment Setting and Picture Tone.  By removing these high-end features we are able to deliver an excellent family projector at an affordable price for day-to-day use for movies, tv and video games.

Ease of installation

Very easy to install due to its high quality full-glass motorized optic lens and numerous picture presets, the Yunzi Series are installed in a snap effortlessly.

Advanced 3D Settings

The dedicated 3D Settings menu is available with 2D and 3D sources Frame Packing, Top & Bottom and Side-by-Side:

• Crosstalk Cancel adjustment
• Parallax Setting
• 2D-to-3D Conversion
• 2D-to-3D Conversion Intensity

120Hz Clear Motion Drive

The artefact-free Clear Motion Drive allows a true-to-life projection using frame interpolation or inverse telecine computation. Enjoy live events and TV shows seen as if you were there.

1200 ANSI Lumens

Thanks to the bright 1200 ANSI lumens output of the Yunzi Series, they can be used with medium to large screens up to 260 inches diagonal, for both 2D and 3D projections.

Glossy finish

The Yunzi 1 is also available in the classic glossy white and the new “Infinite Black” finish.

Life Collection

The Yunzi “Life Collection” has been created for the most audacious interior decorators. Whatever your living room dominant tint, choose the best colour for your projector, based on RAL classification.

THEATRE System Kit

The THEATRE System Kit provides an unique experience to watch 2D movies in their genuine 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Feeling at home the true cinema impact.

BEST 3D Passive Kit

The BEST 3D Passive Kit adapts your projector for passive 3D. Experience the outstanding confort and 3D performances of ultra light glasses.

DreamVision Yunzi BEST Full HD Passive 3D Home Cinema Projector

Unprecedented optimized projection system

Dreamvision BEST projector range comes equipped with the BEST 3D Passive Kit, this new concept of passive 3D creates the 3D effects with an innovating management of the light path and an optimized polarization modulator. The result is an unprecedented optimized projection system, whose performance in 2D is equivalent to the one in 3D.

Exceptionnal light efficiency

The new BEST – 3D passive projection systems can project at a brightness of 1,000 ANSI lumens in 2D and 3D and they offer a 50% increase in brightness in 3D mode compared to the regular active sets by Dreamvision. The new models therefore deliver a brighter picture, more detailed and more pleasing.

Benefits of Passive 3D projection

There is no active shuttering with the Dreamvision BEST system, the perception of the 3D images is smooth and the spectators will feel more comfortable. This drastically reduces the eye strain and avoids the headaches or nauseas that sometimes may be disturbing during an active 3D projection.

The best 3D solution available on the market

• Easy to setup and straight forward use
• Out of the box pre-calibrated for 2D and 3D modes
• Light weight glasses, cost effective and with no battery
• Highest contrast available on the market
• 50% brightness gain over Active 3D
• Similar picture quality and brightness in 2D and 3D modes
• Single-head 3D passive projection system

Highest contrast on the 3D market

Due to the native performances of the Yunzi and Inti Series (up to 130,000:1 contrast ratio), associated to the exceptionally efficient BEST – 3D Passive system, the 3D picture quality obtained is incredible.

Optimized Picture Profiles

The BEST 3D Passive packs are calibrated to produce vibrant and colorful pictures in both 2D and 3D modes. An expert calibration menu is also available for the most demanding users and features a 7-axis HSL calibration for a faster and easier picture fine tuning.

3D Passive glasses are lighter

Due to the absence of embedded electronics and battery, the 3D passive glasses are ten times lighter than the 3D active glasses.

Seamless Clip-On

A Clip-On item is also available to the customers who already wear viewing glasses. The 1 gram difference is literally imperceptible.

5D screens

Dreamvision introduces a new screen fabric, the Passive 5D screens. Thanks to a special coating, this cloth eliminates the hot spots frequently observed on traditional silver screens and optimizes the 3D effects. Put shortly, it is optimized for passive 3D projection as well as 2D projection.

Recommended Retail Prices

Yunzi 1 BEST Full HD Passive 3D Home Cinema Projector – AUD$10,550.00.

Yunzi 2 BEST Full HD Passive 3D Home Cinema Projector – AUD$12,795.00.

Yunzi 3 BEST Full HD Passive 3D Home Cinema Projector – AUD$15,295.00.

All BEST Passive Projectors are supplied with four pairs of 3D glasses.

News: January 2013

DreamVision has released its new Yunzi Series for 2013.

There are three models which have the premium 3-chip LCOS 0.7 inch panel – Full-HD 1920×1080 resolution and can be configured as Active or Passive 3D projectors.

The three models: Yunzi 1, Yunzi 2 and Yunzi 3 are equipped with a 4k interpolation engine (3850 x 2160) which tremendously improves detail, picture depth and clarity.  The contrast ratios are an amazing 50 00:1, 90 000:1 and 130 000:1 respectively.

Combined with other features the Yunzi has spectacular performance for the discerning videophile.

Full details are included in our website.

Genuine Replacement Lamps:

Cinema Ten’80 Series Lamp AUD$POA

Dream’E Series Lamp AUD$610.00 (without housing, no longer available)

Dreambee Series Lamp AUD$780.00

Dreamy Series Lamp AUD$480.00

Dreamweaver Series Lamp AUD$970.00

Inti Series Lamp AUD$630.00

Starlight Series Lamp AUD$610.00

Yunzi Series Lamp AUD$495.00

Note some lamps may have been discontinued.

Recommended Retail Prices.

E. & O. E.

DreamVision Yunzi 3 Full HD Active 3D Home Cinema Projector

130,000:1 Contrast Ratio

The 130,000:1 native contrast ratio of the Yunzi 3 is achieved by using latest LCoS panels and wire grid technology.

4k Interpolation

Yunzi Series feature the latest evolution of the award-winning 4k-Interpolation engine and now it tremendously improves the perceived details and also generates greater picture depth.

7 preset + 9 custom Picture Profiles

The Yunzi 3 comes with an expert calibration menu available to the most demanding users. Each calibration set can be stored into one of 4 dedicated calibrator profiles, 5 User or the 7 preset profiles. Thanks to the new 7-axis HSL calibration, it has never been so easy to obtain a perfect picture.

Automation and home integration

This unit can be controlled by using:

• infra-Red Sensor
• serial COM port (sub-D9)
• LAN port (RJ-45)
• deported Infra-Red Sensor (optional)

1200 ANSI Lumens

Thanks to the bright 1200 ANSI lumens output of the Yunzi Series, they can be used with medium to large screens up to 260 inches diagonal, for both 2D and 3D projections.

THX® 3D Display

The Yunzi 3 and Yunzi 2 have successfully passed all the tests for the “THX 3D Display” certification. They also come calibrated to THX standards.

3D seamless detection

The Yunzi Series projectors are fully compatible and detect any HDMI 1.4 3D formats. Watching a 3D movies or playing a 3D game takes no additional step beyond launching your blu-ray player or game console.

Advanced 3D Settings

The dedicated 3D Settings menu is available with 2D and 3D sources Frame Packing, Top & Bottom and Side-by-Side:

• Crosstalk Cancel adjustment
• Parallax Setting
• 2D-to-3D Conversion
• 2D-to-3D Conversion Intensity

120Hz Clear Motion Drive

The artefact-free Clear Motion Drive allows a true-to-life projection using frame interpolation or inverse telecine computation. Enjoy live events and TV shows seen as if you were there.

Glossy finish

The Yunzi 3 is also available in the classic glossy white and the new “Infinite Black” finish.

Life Collection

The Yunzi “Life Collection” has been created for the most audacious interior decorators. Whatever your living room dominant tint, choose the best colour for your projector, based on RAL classification.

THEATRE System Kit

The THEATRE System Kit provides an unique experience to watch 2D movies in their genuine 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Feeling at home the true cinema impact.

BEST 3D Passive Kit

The BEST 3D Passive Kit adapts your projector for passive 3D. Experience the outstanding comfort and 3D performances of ultra light glasses.