The Well-Tempered Computer, an introduction to computer audio

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Consonance Orfeo and D-Linear 7

There are a lot of interesting digital audio companies out of China these days.  You have Shanling, Bada, Lite Audio, Valab, Yanqing, Audio G-D, and now Opera Audio from Beijing sold under the brand Consonance.  Some interesting models:


Consonance Orfeo non over-sampling CD player
  • Aluminum chasis (quite good looking) 
  • 4 x Philips TDA 1543 in parallel (lower output impedance and high voltage)
  • Non over-sampling
  • No digital filter
  • Passive I/V conversion
  • Quality parts


Consonance D-Linear 7 streamer




  • Touch color screen controls
  • 24-bit/192kHz compatible
  • 32-bit DSP
  • Decodes WAV, WMA, APE, FLAC, ALAC, ACC
  • Streams music from NAS or USB hard drive
  • SDHC card and USB host input
  • Streams internet radio 
  • USB wireless WIFI adapter available