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Birdland Audio to ship its Odéon 24 bit DAC in June.

Pacific Grove, California (April 8th, 1998), Birdland Audio announces it will introduce its 24 bits Delta-Sigma digital to analog converter in June. The Odéon 24 bit DAC, is setting a new standard in music restitution quality by allowing the conversion of new 24 bits high resolution digital audio sources as well as existing 16 bits/44.1 kHz CDs and other formats.

The Od&eacue;on-m1 is an progressive DAC which not only offers three digital inputs (fiber and coax) but also three analog bypasses allowing the user to connect existing legacy analog products through the all-passive switching output stage. An additional mixed mode monitor can be used to connect either an external all digital monitor (such as a DAT), a all analog monitor (such as an analog tape deck) or a mixed monitor.

"The Audio market is taking a turn with the long awaited availability of 24 bits / 96 kHz Digital Audio Disk on the consumer market", says Gilles Gameiro, founder and designer of the Odéon DAC; "The support for future 24 bits and the versatility of the Odéon DAC makes it a must have component in todays audiophile system". The product will be exhibited for the first time at Hi-Fi’98 in Birdland Audio’s room #643 and will start shipping shortly after the show.

Birdland Audio is a manufacturer of French design, American made high-end audio products created when 10 years of passionate research led the founder to discover the amplification technique used in the Pleyel reference amplifier. Today’s products include the Pleyel reference amplifier and the Odéon 24 bit DAC. For more information on Birdland Audio products, email info@birdland.com or contact Gilles Gameiro at (831) 646-0168. More information can also be found on Birdland Audio’s web site http://www.birdland.com.