BRICASTI DESIGNS
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Bricasti Design is a Massachusetts-based high-end audio company specialising in digital and amplification components for studio and home use. Founded in 2004, it is still a relatively young and less well-known company, but the individuals behind it have significant experience in audio, having worked for years with companies like Lexicon and Mark Levinson.
The co-founders of Bricasti are two American legends of the pro-audio industry, Brian Zolner and Casey Dowdell, and the company's name is derived directly from the founders' names. Both come from Harman International Industries, where Brian spent 20 years as Lexicon's vice president of international sales, and Casey worked as a DSP software engineer at Lexicon.
All these products share the same concept philosophy, and the sum of their parts is something to behold; by choosing only the finest components to work with, they then plan every design stage in painstaking detail, leaving a clear window over the recorded performance, often referred to as the ‘Holy Grail’ by professionals, audio enthusiasts, and reviewers alike.
Marrying understated looks to outstanding electronic design, Bricasti Design consumer products are arguably some of the most advanced high-end audio electronics available today. Product ranges have expanded offerings, with top-of-the-line digital-to-analogue converters, preamplifiers, and power amplifiers, and have recently been joined by the latest M19 SACD/CD Reference Digital Transport.
This Bricasti
shows you
the timbre and shape of
the instrument
as well as the acoustic signature of the room in which it was recorded.
With a really good recording such as Chasing the Dragon’s Mendelsson Octets, you can feel the atmosphere in the room before the first note is played.
It’s a very special experience that requires extremely good D/A conversion to fully appreciate, and this is extremely good and highly finessed conversion.
Simplicity
is the highest goal
Brian Zolner shares his thoughts on the new Model M19 SACD/CD Reference Disk Player
The design of the M19 follows simplicity in all aspects, one that would have no need for additional processing, like upsampling, no DAC, no digital inputs or USB to support, all of which complicate the user experience when you want to put a disk in and play it.
The M19 is an SACD/CD transport, refreshingly simple to operate and dedicated solely to uncompromising performance.
Whatever you use the
Bricasti electronics
are always likely
to be the strongest link
in the audio chain
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Jason Kennedy - THE EAR MAGAZINE
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