{"id":41007,"date":"2023-10-12T20:07:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T00:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/?p=41007"},"modified":"2023-11-17T18:18:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:18:52","slug":"kalista-launches-a-new-reference-dac-mantax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/en\/kalista-launches-a-new-reference-dac-mantax\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalista Launches a New Reference DAC : MANTAX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Following the launch of DreamPlay X\u00ae and XC, Kalista unveils the D\/A converter designed to fit with the SACD Transport DreamPlay X\u00ae. Mantax\u00ae perpetuates the luxurious design of Kalista existing since the beginning of the XXIst century, for an always improving analogue sound performance validated by the most demanding Audiophiles.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DreamPlay X\u00a0owners have been requesting a D\/A Converter capable of being at the level of their exceptional SACD\/CD Transport, and here is Mantax.<\/p>\n<p>The communication between DreamPlay X\u00a0and Mantax\u00a0is insured by Kalista\u00a0<strong>proprietary I\u00b2S signal<\/strong>\u00a0for a perfect native sound reproduction. The Digital to Analog conversion is performed by\u00a0<strong>two separate lines<\/strong>\u00a0of AKM and ESS processors, giving wide possibilities in sound restitution profiles.<strong>Tube and solid-state<\/strong>\u00a0analogue outputs are in parallel, allowing even more possibilities of listening comfort to the audiophiles.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>official launch<\/strong>\u00a0of Mantax will take place\u00a0by Jean Marie Clauzel and his Team\u00a0in Vienna, Austria, on\u00a0<strong>November 18th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The two finishes of Mantax will ship from December 1st : Diamond (silver) and Black Pearl (black). The Retail price is 59,000.00 euros. And like all Kalista<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0devices, customization is possible\u00a0on request.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40999 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jean-Marie_Clauzel-549x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jean-Marie_Clauzel-549x550.jpg 549w, https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jean-Marie_Clauzel-647x647.jpg 647w, https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jean-Marie_Clauzel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jean-Marie_Clauzel-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jean-Marie_Clauzel-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jean-Marie_Clauzel.jpg 839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/>Jean Marie Clauzel, Owner and Designer of Kalista, says:\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIt is always a huge challenge to design and manufacture such exceptional devices. Mantax\u00ae couldn\u2019t have come in the same timeframe as DreamPlay X\u00ae, but I\u2019m convinced that it was worth waiting a little bit!&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fantastic quality of making and great setting possibilities, this is what I wanted to offer to the Audiophile world. Now, please see and above all listen!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/kalista-audio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/kalista-audio.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the launch of DreamPlay X\u00ae and XC, Kalista unveils the D\/A converter designed to fit with the SACD Transport DreamPlay X\u00ae. Mantax\u00ae perpetuates the luxurious design of Kalista existing since the beginning of the XXIst century, for an always improving analogue sound performance validated by the most demanding Audiophiles. DreamPlay X\u00a0owners have been requesting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154720,"featured_media":40998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2723,1359,2725],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hifi","category-headline-en","category-whats-new","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154720"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41008,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41007\/revisions\/41008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}