Audio Alchemy

Audio Alchemy was a high fidelity audio equipment manufacturer based in California, USA. It produced many lines of relatively affordable audio products, including CD players, transports, digital audio processors, and amplifiers. They have since gone out of business, the primary engineers moving on to found Channel Islands audio and Perpetual Technologies. Audio Alchemy products made innovative use of the I2S audio interface, usually reserved for the internal connection between the CD transport and DAC of a CD player. Audio Alchemy brought the interface out to a DIN connector, allowing a very low jitter connection between the CD transport and external DAC. Perpetual Technologies and Camelot Technology also produce products that use the I2S interface.

Acronyms used in Audio Alchemy products

DDE - Digital Decoding Engine, a digital to analoge converter
DDS - Digital Drive System, a transport
DTI - Digital Transmission Interface, a digital to digital processor

Product History

CD Transports

• DDS 1.0
• DDS 2.0
• DDS 3.0
• DDS Pro

CD Players

• ACD-1
• ACD-2
• ACD Pro

Digital Processors

• DDE 1.0
• DDE 1.1
• DDE 1.2
• DDE 2.0
• DDE 3.0
• DTI 1.0 - a jitter reducing processor
• DTI 2.0 - a jitter reducing processor
• DTI Pro - a jitter reducing processor
• DTI Pro*32 - a jitter reducing and dithering processor
• DTI+ - a jitter reducing processor
• UltraDAC - Combination of a DTI and DDE in one chasis
• DAC-In-The-Box - an inexpensive DAC
• Dac*Man - an inexpensive DAC with integrated analog audio cables
• XDP - Extended Digital Processor, an I2S input DAC

Preamplifiers

• DLC - Digital Line Controller, a remote-controlled preamplifier
• LIS - Tape loop and input expander for the DLC

Amplifiers

• OM150 - 150Wpc (into 8 ohms) solid state stereo amplifier, Class A up to 20W

Accessories

• HPA 1.0 - HeadPhone Amplifier, a dedicated headphone amplifier
• VRE 1.0 - Visual Reality Engine, a composite to SVHS external comb filter
• Vac-In-The-Box - A dedicated preamplifier
• DST 1.0 - Digital Signal Transport, an active digital cable
• Power Station Two - an upgraded power supply that can power three separate Audio Alchemy products
• Power Station Three - an upgraded power supply that can supply two separate Audio Alchemy products

External Links

• Camelot Technology, still makes audio equipment with external I2S interfaces
• Channel Islands Audio, the company Dusty Vawter founded after leaving Audio Alchemy
• AV123, the distributor of Perpetual Technologies products

[[Category::High end audio]]