SMc Audio announced the new $50,000 HI Fi One Silver Signature Edition line stage. The product consists of two components, the VRE-1 Electromotive Force Generator and the VRE-1c Signature Silver Edition. VRE stands for Virtual Reality Engine.
Features
• Cost no-object-engineering, component selection, and execution
• Remote 100-step volume control outperforms the best mechanical switches while maintaining volume control resolution for perfect
level setting
• Unique design combines the best aspects of active and passive
performance
• Discrete wide-bandwidth JFET circuit uses no feedback
• Beautiful, heavy, non-resonant enclosures contribute to outstanding
sonics
• Duelund CAST Silver and CAST Copper capacitors are utilized
• Duelund silver wiring throughout including the umbilical cords for the
outboard power supply
• Furutech balanced XLR and WBT unbalanced RCA inputs and
outputs
• Bocchino Mariner 10 IEC is utilized for ultimate power coupling
• Lundahl Silver and Jensen coupling transformers are selectively
utilized
• Stillpoints Ultra SS isolator feet and circuit board standoffs
• No DC leakage, no ground loops, and no RFI issues
• Completely stable and reliable
• No heat, no noise, no ground loops, low voltage design
• External choke-filtered external power supply for superior sonic purity
• Unrivaled transparency and neutrality, incredible dynamic
expression
Price and Availability
The SMc Audio HI Fi One Signature Silver Edition Line Stage is exclusively distributed by Hi Fi One for $50,000 MSRP.