Providing Emotions
Kalista is the ultra luxury brand of Métronome Technologie. Each object is conceived and built in the Montans factory, located in the south west of France, where internal architecture, assembly, wiring and listening validation are carried out by hand.
Noble materials, an obsession with detail, and one conviction: the silence between notes is as precious as the notes themselves.
The complete source.
Integrated SACD and CD drive, DSD64 native, with streaming to DSD256 native.
Twin Elektra power supplies in separate chassis.
XC adds a dedicated conversion stage and Leedh Processing digital preamplification.
Two processors. One truth.
Two conversion lines, AKM AK4499EX and ESS ES9039MPRO.
Analogue outputs on transistors and on tubes.
Conceived to stand alongside DreamPlay X & Dreamplay S
The source, alone.
Streaming to DSD256 native over Wi-Fi or Ethernet, Elektra power supply in a separate chassis.
S delivers a pure digital signal, on S/PDIF, AES/EBU and I2S.
SC integrates a reference conversion stage, within a single object.
Internal architecture, assembly, wiring, and listening validation take place in the same factory, in the Tarn (France).
Each object leaves only once it has been heard.
