After updating many of the amplifiers in our line with UFO transformers, we applied the technology to a brand new amplifier, shown above, called the TORII JR.  It’s a minimalist version of our popular TORII MK4 and you can get into one at the attractive and limited introductory price of around $2500.  Available mid September 2015.

See it here

We hope to have these available to order in May of 2015!!  We will make it an option in the shopping cart when purchasing your amp, and also make it an available upgrade for the over 6000 Zen Triode Amplifiers already built to date! -Steve Deckert

NOTE:  You can watch a true HD version of the video here:

Steve Deckert

We’re pleased to bring you a practical solution to hi-resolution digital by taking a professional grade DSD recorder from Tascam and designing a unique transformer coupled output stage for it! We’re excited to say that the combination of these two things greatly exceed the sum of their parts. The model number is ZDSD (Zen Direct Stream Digital).

While you can use this as you would any DAC, it’s design makes it possible to eliminate all the variables that cloud digital’s performance. For example, the plastic disc and transport can be eliminated. Or the computer and all of it’s required software can be eliminated, so you won’t have to worry about what audiophile grade USB cable to buy.

This is possible because the ZDSD uses memory cards or USB sticks that simply plug into the front. This makes digital playback possible without a transport or a computer and offers a 100% hardware solution that always works. It always works because it’s not a programmable gate array and has no firmware to update. It plays standard and hi-res formatted files including DSD64 and DSD128.

The Decware output stage in this device is a real ass kicker with adjustable output levels and no tubes, just high bandwidth transformers that allow the full voltage of balanced outputs to become available on the custom installed floating silver RCA output jacks.

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention it records in all formats too!  That means you can make DSD128 recordings of your albums without having to purchase a single piece of software and without worries about running inferior hardware. The Burr Brown A to D in this machine uses a temperature controlled 1 PPM clock which is as good as it gets and your recordings will sound analog.

You can find out more about the ZDSD here.

Here’s a page from Tone Audio Magazine:

We sent a ZMA to Tone Audio Magazine in hopes they would like it enough to review it.  Well, they ARE going to review it, in fact they’ve been working on it since August!

Recently we were notified that the ZMA will be awarded Product of the Year by Tone Audio.

This is big news for two reasons.

1) It means the ZMA sounds better than amps over 16 times it’s price due to a private e-mail from the reviewer.
2) Tone Audio doesn’t hand out awards to everyone who shows up at the soccer match! … like other magazines.

Needless to say, we’re pretty damn happy!  

If you’re new to the Zen Mystery Amp, it all started with this post here:

http://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl?num=1401420960

And the web page where you can see the amp is here:

http://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl?num=1401420960

Several years ago our awesome Decware horn speaker, model DNA, was released with the Tang Band full-range 5 inch driver.  Sadly the driver was discontinued by US distributors and has since proved to be impossible to get.  This year we re-introduced the speaker with an even better driver by Mark Audio. Unlike the original driver that gave us almost 89dB with 1 watt, we are now getting closer to 94dB with the new driver in this cabinet design. That’s pretty exciting news because the DNA horns are small and they have bass extension into the low 30’s giving them the well deserved status of the Worlds Smallest full range horn speakers… oh and did I mention that they will work with our 2 watt Zen Triode Amplifiers!  This video is a recent demo of these amazing speakers!

For more information you can go here.

Click here to see it in action

The ad links to a custom version of our speakers page that includes a self starting 1 minute video at the top.

Since the ad brings in many new customers who’ve never heard of Decware… most would land on the normal speakers page, scroll through the brief pictures of speakers, think “OK, another speaker company…” and then bounce right off the page to something else.

Adding a video at the top gives potential bouncers information about Decware they otherwise would have never known.

Since this page will likely become indexed by Google and other search engines it is possible that you may land on it yourself at some point, and we just want to make sure you understood what was going on.

Here is the page:  http://www.decware.com/newsite/speakerslanding.html

Thanks,

Steve

This is particularly impressive when you realize what the decware web site consists of…  Unlike today’s templated blogs, decware.com consists of 38,326 separate pages and images totaling 1.49 GB of readable, content.  This does not include any of our videos which are hosted on different servers. Nor does it include this blog, which is also hosted on different servers.  The site has been online since 1996 and was originally written with a text editor in html, one line at a time.  It’s still done that way today to maintain 100% control over the html code.   Labor intensive is an understatement, but when you want it to work this good…

We are continually improving our Decware Amplifier Buying Guide making it easier than ever to choose the best fitting Decware amplifier for your needs!  You can visit the page here.

We are now stocking our newest speaker and one of Steve’s personal favorites called the Monoliths. They are 8 inch 2 way floor standing horn speakers made from two separate cabinets the seamlessly fit together to create a simply stunning sound. You can read more about them here.

After chewing through a three year waiting list, we are finally starting to stock our exotic full range point source drivers called the FRX2.  These are used in our Zen Open Baffle Loudspeakers and sold to serious D.I.Y. speaker builders wanting the very best available.

The Zen Mystery Amp’s are starting to ship now!  The web page is completed: http://www.decware.com/newsite/MYSTERY.html

Forum Thread on the Mystery Amp is HERE.

The Zen TORII MK IV is now listed on the web site!  You can find it here:

The Decware Audiophile Tube Amplifier / Model ZEN TORII MKIV

High Definition Towers (HDT) show of our full range crossover less single driver (DFR8)

Continued evaluation of the new ERRx speakers

Our new and best ever ERR (Extended Range Radial) omni speakers are tried.

Seeing how the DM945’s in their companion cabinet fair with regard to ease of placement.

Paired with our 2 watt amplifier (SE84CKC) the bookshelves are further evaluated both on and off the companion cabinets.