Description
Ideon Audio EOS Time – State-of-the-Art USB Signal Conditioner
The Ideon Audio EOS Time is a high-performance USB signal conditioning device designed to regenerate, re-clock, and re-drive the USB signal, ensuring clean, precise, and purified audio output. As part of the eos digital system, the EOS Time builds on the success of the 3R Master Time, incorporating several key improvements such as an upgraded clock, enhanced power supply, and new ultra-low ESR capacitors. This state-of-the-art device is an essential tool for any audio system, delivering an immediate and dramatic improvement in sonic performance.
Advanced 3R Technology: Re-Generating, Re-Clocking, and Re-Driving
The EOS Time is built to correct both input and output stages of the USB digital signal, effectively reducing jitter, noise, and transmission losses. By employing Ideon’s proprietary ultra-low jitter oscillators and triple ultra-stabilized linear power supplies, the EOS Time reveals previously unheard detail, enhances dynamics, and improves clarity, making the audio more natural and immersive. Whether used in modest setups or ultra-high-end systems, the EOS Time transforms any USB playback device into a high-end source.
Key Improvements Over the 3R Master Time
Compared to its predecessor, the EOS Time features a new chassis design to match the eos system, a significantly improved clock, a redesigned PCB, and an upgraded power supply. These advancements ensure greater stability and precision, while the new programmable microchip boosts USB signal correction at both input and output.
Precision Timing and Noise Reduction
Equipped with dual-drive outputs and ultra-low jitter femto clocks, the EOS Time ensures phase-correct audio playback with pristine timing and clarity. The triple ultra-stabilized power supply minimizes noise, delivering a clean, stable output that elevates the performance of any digital audio setup.
Conclusion: Transforming Digital Audio Playback
The Ideon Audio EOS Time is an indispensable component for audiophiles and audio professionals alike. With its ability to dramatically reduce noise and jitter, and enhance clarity and dynamics, the EOS Time elevates any USB playback system to new heights, revealing previously hidden musical detail and providing an immersive, high-end listening experience.
About Ideon
Ideon Audio is a Greek-based high-end audio company known for its exceptional digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and digital sources. The company has gained a strong reputation for its innovative approach to digital audio, offering a range of products that cater to both audiophiles and professional users.
One of Ideon Audio’s most acclaimed products is the Absolute Epsilon DAC, which is the centerpiece of their Absolute Digital Suite that also includes the Absolute Stream and Absolute Time Master Clock. The Absolute DAC uses proprietary technology, including custom-designed USB inputs and power supplies, and features multiple low-noise power regulation stages, all of which work together to provide highly detailed and dynamic sound reproduction. With its focus on phase fidelity and jitter reduction, the Absolute DAC delivers lifelike detail, excellent transient response, and a punchy, dynamic soundstage.
The Absolute Stream and Absolute Time further enhance the DAC’s performance by isolating noise and reclocking the signal, ensuring a cleaner, more accurate digital signal transmission. This combination makes the Ideon system particularly adept at producing powerful bass and vivid, forward vocals, creating a sense of immediacy and presence in the music. Audiophiles have praised the system for its ability to reveal fine details, especially in complex and fast-paced tracks.
For those seeking a more accessible option, the Ideon EOS DAC offers a similar focus on clarity and speed, albeit at a lower price point. It has been noted for its ability to deliver high-resolution, energy-rich sound, making it suitable for listeners who appreciate both detail and dynamics across a variety of musical genres.
Ideon Audio’s products stand out for their craftsmanship and sonic transparency, appealing to enthusiasts who seek the very best in digital audio performance.
Reviews
Edgar Kramer – YouTube
“What Ideon Audio’s eos products offer is a highly-tuned circuit design featuring proprietary technologies, superbly engineered power supplies and very good general build quality. The big one is the performance. I can’t think of any audiophile and music lover left wanting with this combo. It performs extraordinarily well, functions completely trouble-free (at least during its tenure in-house) and inspires confidence in terms of its overall design.”
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Wolfgang Kemper – HiFi Statement
“After packing up the Eos to send to our photo studio, I can no longer enjoy my own digital setup. It almost sounds broken, because there are a lot of musical subtleties and timbres left behind that I don’t want to miss anymore. What now?”
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Pursuit Perfect System – YouTube
“In this video I am reviewing the Ideon Audio STREAM, TIME and DAC which are all stand alone HiFi products but work together to form a very high end digital music server and streamer and a DAC.”
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Audio Ultra – YouTube
“The Greek brand Ideon Audio continues to impress me. Freshly released is the EOS suite consisting of the DAC, and for further performance, you can add Time (reclocker), and Stream (server). This series greatly benefits from the DNA found in the Absolute Epsilon suite of components.”
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