SUPPORT ABOUT US DEALERS USAWorldEVENTS REVIEWS PRODUCTS OverviewABCD-1AtlasCallistoCalypsoJanusIoPandoraRheaRomulusCustomROMULUS AWARDED PRODUCT OF THE YEAR, GOLDEN EARThe Absolute Sound honors Romulus CD Player/DAC as 2014 Product of the Year Status and with a Golden Ear, "the greatest bargain in high-end audio today...immediately engaging and fatigue-free presentation" - read more."GIANT-KILLER"Robert Harley's new review declares the Aestheix Romulus DAC and CD transport a "giant-killer" - download PDF."MOST SIGNIFICANT TUBED AMP""Another winner was the Aesthetix Atlas Hybrid stereo amplifiers... blending the best of solid-state amplification and tube finesse into a sleek design" -Spencer Holbert's "Most Significant Tubed Amplifiers" at the 2014 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest - read more..2014 STEREOPHILE RECOMMENDED COMPONENTSAesthetix Romulus DAC joins Stereophile's 2014 Editor's list of top audio products.THE BACK PAGE
Preference for Analog or Digital?  Read Aesthetix chief Jim White's answer and more in Neil Gader's "Back Page" interview... download PDF (scroll to page 5).
2014 TAS EDITOR'S CHOICE
Aesthetix boasts a long list of products designated as The Absolute Sound 2014 Editor's Choice: Atlas Mono amplifiers, Calypso and Calypso Signature linestages, Janus and Janus Signature preamplifiers, Rhea and Rhea Signature phono stages and Romulus DAC and CD transport.
BEST SOUND AT CES 2014
John Atkinson awards Best Sound of CES 2014 to the Vandersteen / Brinkman / Aesthetix (Io and Callisto Eclipse) room - read more.
INTRODUCING ROMULUS SIGNATURE
Improved sonics and native DSD playback read more.
"BLISS" AT AUDIOFEST
...warm, gorgeous sounds and a "midrange to die for"...  -Jason Victor Serinus
AESTHETIX DEBUTS METIS LINESTAGE
Aesthetix is proud to introduce their Metis linestage featuring our innovative new Aesthetix Coupling Modules, an "Invisible" Separate Power Supply, and a stunning new chassis design.
AESTHETIX COUPLING MODULE (ACM)
The Metis linestage utilizes highly proprietary Aesthetix Coupling Modules (ACMs) in place of traditional coupling capacitors. "I have been dreaming of this design for 20 years," says Aesthetix founder and engineer Jim White. It is well known that capacitor quality is directly correlated with sound quality, and Aesthetix has a history of investing heavily in pushing the boundaries of capacitors. But Jim wondered, "Could even better sound quality be realized if capacitors were eliminated entirely?" The answer is yes, according to Metis, which uses an ACM in each channel between the gain and output stages and no interstage or output coupling capacitors. ACMs produce constant output impedance across all audio frequencies, while a standard capacitor’s output impedance rises as frequencies drop often yielding tubby bass and other sonic degradation. In contrast, the ACMs in Metis result in a sound stage with incredible added depth, dimension and resolution.
"INVISIBLE" SEPARATE POWER SUPPLY (ISPS)
The Metis chassis is