Lektor Air - V-Cap

e_lektor_airLektor AirHigh-End CD playern 2004 Cracow manufacturer "Ancient Audio" build Lektor Grand CD player, the first ever playermade up of three separate pieces: a unique CD transport and accompanying DAC mono blocks.Highly advanced digital signal transmission technology in line with a thorough knowledge of tube andanalogue layout designing resulted in extraordinary sound reproduction and has been enjoying therenown ever since. It was the Lektor Grand project that made it possible for Lektor Grand to becomea leading manufacturer of digital sound reproducers.In the meantime Lektor Grand went through a complete internal upgrade that lead up to its SEversion, once again, setting an ultimate level of excellence and a benchmark for other ambitiousprojects irrespective of price. Following the success of Lector Grand and its breakthrough concepts anew integrated versions hit the market a few years after Lektor Grand premiere. It turned out to bemost frequently bought Ancient Audio CD player due to its outstanding sound reproduction, analogueinputs and reasonable price tag.The Lektor Air on show, was designed to be a more advanced version of Lektor Prime at first,however, it developed far beyond the tentative project assumptions. Despite its similar looks to Lektorhttp://www.ancient.com.pl/e_lektor_air.htm[6/26/2010 12:44:14 PM]

e_lektor_airPrime it is a different construction having much more in common with Lektor Grand design, the mostimportant of which is an extremely accurate and precise low jitter (3ps) master clock manufactured byTent Labs :Power supply, similar to flagship model, has got separate power transformers feeding CD transportand the audio part respectively :Both the idea of DAC, vacuum tube output stage and Teflon / Tin foil V-caps is taken from thereference model :http://www.ancient.com.pl/e_lektor_air.htm[6/26/2010 12:44:14 PM]

e_lektor_airAlso output capacitors are world-famous oil impregnated V-caps :Lektor Air applies CD-Pro2 LF die-cast metal mechanism:http://www.ancient.com.pl/e_lektor_air.htm[6/26/2010 12:44:14 PM]

e_lektor_airAll Lektors, except for The Grand One, are of integrated nature with a valve preamplifier. The AirLektor like other integrated constructions has got analog input for the line level signal sources.A new facility applied to The Air Lektor is an expansion slot for digital input modules. It will make itpossible in future to apply digital input (such as S/P DIF, AES/EBU, USB) and utilize The Lektor Airas state of the art outboard DAC for music servers, computers, etc.The sound signature is a natural development of the Ancient Audio sound with its lively and naturalaspects devoid of digital glare with lots of "air" and 3-D presentation (depth, height, width) and livemusic acoustics. All these quality of presentation account for the name of this CD model - THE AIR.Tangibility of musical events and its focusing makes a music presentation a breathtaking event. Allthis being coupled with unprecedented dynamic contrasts and spectacular "imaging" of silence whichfrom being underestimated aspect in music is brought forward as an equal part of any musicalpresentation.Features:Famous metal CD mechanism : CD-Pro2 LFUltra-low jitter Tent Labs master clockSilver DAC IIIV-Cap TFTF teflon/tin foil capacitorsV-Cap OIMP oil impregnated output capacitorsFully balanced signal pathFist-order analogue filter100 dB range analogue volume controlAuxiliary analogue inputExpansion slot for future digital input moduleSilver ribbon internal wiringSeparate power transformers for CD transport and audio electronicsLow impedance tube stage with Sovtek 6H30Natural stone finishNon-resonant sandwich granite baseDimensions: ( W x H x D) : 350 x 350 x 70 mmhttp://www.ancient.com.pl/e_lektor_air.htm[6/26/2010 12:44:14 PM]