Teres Stereo

TRANSFORMER COUPLED HYBRID POWER AMPLIFIER

Teres Stereo achieves the unmistakable clarity and tone of tubes delivered with might and power.

Long-life input vacuum tube
Custom phase splitting transformer
Silicon carbide rectifiers
Shunt-regulated power supply for the tube stage
Solar cell bias of output stage
Microprocessor-controlled operation
Zero feedback
Special grade screened power transformer
JFET/MOSFET cascode output devices
Modular construction
Solid machined aluminum chassis
Stereo output stage implementation with dual mono drivers

Teres uses a single-ended tube input stage loaded with a phase splitting transformer. The transformer then feeds two separate out of phase single-ended amplifiers for output. The tube handles all the voltage gain needed giving the overall sonic character with high content of second harmonic. It is based on the Dionysos gain stage using a new generation of our choke-rectified shunt-regulated power supply providing a noise-free operating point, clear tone and unbelievable dynamics with zero modulation of the noise foor.

To reduce the amount of heat generated the amplifier is biased so only the first few watts are in true class A. Music has a crest factor of 10 on average. This means that most of the time we listen at 1/10th of the peak levels. For most users this translates to under 5W. Peaks can reach over 100 watts during playback, but only for a few milliseconds. For those peaks the amplifier switches to class B using only one leg of the output stage capable to deliver up to 150W/8ohm and 250W/4ohm.

The result is an amplifier capable of extreme power while delivering exquisite smoothness and low-level resolution.

The driver stage being isolated by the interstage transformer is not influenced in any way by the output stage operation maintaining tone, colour and resolution at all power levels and loads. Having the output stages floating around the load prompted for the use of a unique biasing technique powered by solar cells. This was the quietest galvanic isolated power we could come up with. Using opto-electrical conversion we control the bias by adjusting light intensity in the control circuit. Teres is an example of modern technology solving age-old problems allowing us to go a step beyond what was possible before.

The exquisite aluminum finish adds to the presentation of a solid block of metal.