Den nye serie fra Opera Audio, blev fremvist for første gang ved CES 2006, navnet på den er: Forbidden City.
Den nye serie kommer til at bestå af en integreret hybrid forstærker, samt en cdafspiller i matchende design. Prisen på Forbidden City Calaf, som er navnet på den integreret forstærker, forventes at lande på ca. 25000kr. Den matchende cdspiller Forbidden City Turandot forventes at lande på en pris på ca. 20000kr. Begge produkter vil kunne leveres i sølv med en enten rød eller sort front. Specifikationer på Forbidden City Calaf. Power output : 200W + 200W at 8 Ohms Dual Mono Minimum load : 2 ohms speakers can be connected. CH Sources : 5 remote controllable inputs switched by gold plated relays DIRECT : Preamplifier output CH Terminals : Gold plated Phono/RCA unbalanced and gold plated XLR balanced Frequency response : Less than +/- 0.1 dB deviation 20Hz-80kHz Phase response : Less than 2 degrees deviation 20Hz-80kHz Signal-to-noise ratio : More than 95dB Crosstalk : Less than -100dB Distortion : Less than 0.015% @ 100W 8 0hms Damping factor : More than 1000 Vacuum tube : JJ E88CC x2 Remote Control : RC-5 compatible IR system 36kHz modulation Dimensions : 20cm x 45cm x 45cm (HxWxD) Weight: 45kg shipment weight Specifikationer på Forbidden City Turandot. DAC resolution : 24bit 192KHz multilevel sigma-delta with synchronous up sampling Clock Jitter : Less than 14ps directly distributed to DAC 0dBFS signal output : 2.3V RMS RCA,4.6V RMS XLR Output Terminals : Gold plated Phono/RCA unbalanced and gold plated XLR balanced Frequency response : Less than +/- 0.1 dB deviation 20Hz-20kHz Phase response : Less than 2 degrees deviation 20Hz-20kHz Signal-to-noise ratio : More than 105dB Crosstalk : Less than -100dB Distortion : Less than 0.004% RCA, Less than 0.004% XLR Remote Control : Philips RC-5 compatible IR system 36kHz modulation frequency Dimensions / Weight : 11cm x 45cm x 33cm (HxWxD) / 18kg Mere info kan findes på artsound.dk