Auralic

Taurus MKII Balanced Headphone Amp

$1,899.00

Why We Like It

With the mission to capture and reproduce every tiny detail in recordings with purity and emotions, AURALiC produces high-end audiophile products both reliable and upgradable. Using the latest digital technologies, our products will bring live music back to music lovers in the most agreeable and convenient way.

NOTE: This product is available for in-store demo.

Description

Begins from the pursuit of an extraordinary amplifier that can well match with modern top quality headphones, inspired by the soul of Rupert Neve's legendary design philosophy, bearing with modern simplism style appearance, TAURUS MKII is born with a perfect coalescence of classic and pop elements.

The smooth, rich and detailed voice of TAURUS MKII is a succession of AURALiC’s elegant and graceful aesthetic taste. Referring to Neve analog console’s circuit design, AURALiC invent the ORFEO Class-A output module and fit them into TAURUS MKII. The ORFEO module offers great driving ability by delivers 1000mW (600ohm) to 4500mW (32ohm) power into various loads; this allows TAURUS MKII to squeeze out every headphone’s capabilities, unfold the beauty of their unique sonic style.

Resorting to the ultra low noise input buffer tailored by AURALiC, TAURUS MKII has a wide dynamic range greater than 130dB while maintains the output noise less than 5uV. With such astonishing performance, TAURUS is able to capture the most tiny music expression coming from the source component.

The TAURUS MKII builds on the design of the original award-winning TAURUS, launched in 2010, by concentrating all surface-mounted components in an audio signal patch. It also increased the TAURUS’ EMI shielding, reducing noise from the input buffer to 0.8uV, less than half the level of the original. Additionally, AURALiC improved the input switch circuit to increase the isolation among different input channels, which boosts performance when the TAURUS MKII is connected to multiple sources.

Smoothed music expression, sophisticated circuit design and brilliant appearance; TAURUS MKII is another exemplary works designed by AURALiC.

Features

Frequency Response

3Hz - 300KHz, +/- 3dB
20Hz - 20KHz, +/- 0.1dB

THD+N
<0.002%, 20Hz-20KHz at rated output

Dynamic Range
>130dB, 20Hz-20KHz, A-weighted

Crosstalk
<-80dB at 1KHz

Output Power (continuous in RMS)

	STD Mode	BAL Mode
32ohm	4500mW	1200mW
120ohm	1200mW	4500mW
300ohm	500mW	2000mW
600ohm	250mW	1000mW

Input Ports
RCA: Sensitivity: 4Vrms; Maximum: 12Vrms
XLR: Sensitivity: 4Vrms; Maximum: 12Vrms

Output Ports
6,35mm Stereo Headphone Jack (STD only)
4PIN XLR Headphone Jack (AKG K1000 wiring)
RCA pre out (STD only)
XLR pre out (PIN2:HOT)

Power dissipation
50W at max.

Dimension
11''W x 9''D x 2.6''H (33cm x 23cm x 6.5cm)

Weight
8 pounds (3.6kg)

Warranty

AURALiC offers a 90-day factory warranty from the date of purchase that can be extended to a 3-Year limited warranty. This non-transferable warranty is available to the original owner by completing the product registration form including the original sales information from your authorized AURALiC dealer.

Warranty coverage includes all parts and labours. Warranty is void if damage is due to abuse, neglect or unauthorized modification. Cost associated with the return of this product is the sole responsibility of the owner. All repair work must be done by AURALiC or by an authorized AURALiC repair agency. Work done by unauthorized persons will void any and all warranty coverage.

AURALiC products are uniquely identified with a serial number on the back panel. This number is required to validate your warranty. Please reference your serial number if service is required. If you have any questions, comments, or if we can be of service, please contact us.

Reviews

"... Sonically Auralic offers the sheer dynamism. The headphones in the test here breathed a maximum of Taurus much structure and an extremely sonorous foundation. With large calibers like the HiFiMAN HE-6 or Audez'e LCD-3 it sounded almost transcendental high resolution. The Auralic shines with powerful, focused, linear game and a super grippy yet silky bass that paves its way from the brain directly to the solar plexus. "

AUDIO Magazine

"AURALiC's Taurus follows the excitement of their ARK MX+ converter. As a high-power headphone amp it drives HifiMan's toughest HE6 to perfection. Once again team AURALiC demonstrates a high level of circuit design know-how. Hats off!"

Srajan Ebaen

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