Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2016/05/12

Prism Sound launched Callia, a PCM and DSD capable DAC, preamplifier and headphone amp, to bring the top sound quality from the professional recording studio into the home environment for the very best in digital music reproduction.
Callia is a compact state-of-the-art unit for use in high quality home audio systems, offering inherent flexibility with an impressive array of high resolution inputs including USB (UAC2 over USB 2 or later), Coaxial/RCA (supporting S/PDIF and AES3-id or AES3 with suitable adapter) and S/PDIF optical. For analogue audio outputs, Callia offers both balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA phono connectors on the rear panel. The output volume can be set via the volume control to use the Callia as a preamplifier straight into a power amp, or optionally fixed for use with integrated and pre/power combos.
Headphone users are also catered for with a very high quality headphone amplifier with its own separate high-quality volume control potentiometer. Flexibility of headphone choice is assured, thanks to the low impedance of the headphone output, making it suitable for use with virtually all headphone types for the best possible reproduction from connected digital sources.
High quality, extensively refined DAC circuits identical to the ones found in the company’s professional Lyra, Titan and Atlas recording interfaces deliver stunning resolution and detail, allowing music to be reproduced exactly as it sounded in the studio or recording location, t he company says.
Digital signals up to 32 bit (USB only), 384kHz are catered for, alongside DSD processing, making Callia compatible with all major music releases. According to the press release, its DSD credentials are without equal, since Prism Sound’s professional ADA-8XR has long been the DSD conversion tool of choice in many of the world's top SA-CD mastering studios, so using similar architecture in the Callia makes it the perfect choice for DSD reproduction in the home.
Graham Boswell, sales and marketing director, says, “For 30 years we have been at the forefront of A/D and D/A converter technology. Our products are found all over the world, with so much of our favorite music and movie scores having been recorded, mixed or mastered using Prism Sound professional converters.” He continues, “We wanted to bring this level of quality and transparency into the home to enable the modern music lover and audiophile to benefit from hearing their recordings in exactly the same way as the original artiste, engineer or producer. With a development of the Prism Sound USB audio platform for the Lyra professional recording interface, we are now able to do so. Callia notches the bar higher for digital audio reproduction and we are very pleased to be able to now share our acclaimed studio quality conversion with home users.” Prism Sound launched Callia at the Munich High End Show in Spring. Callia has a MSRP of £1495 (plus VAT or duties and taxes as applicable).

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