Here are some of the highlights that reveal closer design and tactile segments, as well as the techniques that underline the creation, manufacture, and innovation behind TIDAL For Bugatti MP-1:

Power Supply

• silver-copper cabled

• noise and vibration reduction wiring system to the Printed Circuit Board (PCB)

• 3 custom made low noise 50AV toroid transformers with foil shielding and grounding

• multistage noise reduction filter

• 40 low ESR ultra high current capacitors with 188.000µF total capacity

• in total 22 low noise power supplies (14 line-amp, 8 phono-amp)

Amplifier technology

• only two high speed transistor stages in diamond circuit topology, TIDAL low distortion topology for almost complete absence of a device signature sound, following the concept of the ideal for the shortest signal way

• full balanced technology from input connections through the volume control to the audio outputs

• mirror-symmetrical PCB layout onto a 6-layer PCB board

Volume-Control

• full balanced 32 steps volume attenuator with noble-gas filled micro reed relays

• only 1 (one) metal-film resistor in the signal way in the best (and direct) position between signal in and signal out, no oxidation and dust between the contacts possible

• separate volume attenuator for audio plus and audio minus input

• optical isolated (and powered) volume control processor unit driven from an ALPS motor potentiometer to control the volume step attenuator

• direct audio signal routing from input-3 to the outputs without volume-attenuation circuit and amplifier stage, in order to connect the MC-1 directly to the power amplifier (or Royale loudspeakers) to use its digital lossless volume control without any additional loop thru the line stage volume control of MP-1

• Automatic muting during switching on to prevent click-noise and overload

Features

• three true balanced inputs and one phono MC balanced phono input

• when the balanced input is turned off also the matching GND connection is in high resistance for reducing ground loop

• two balanced outputs each channel or one set XLR and one set 5pin Royale Link

• two remote connector by RJ45 to power amplifiers on and off

• selectable loop-direct mode on channel 3 for external AV processor home cinema applications

• two 15×7 dots matrix led display for volume information and input selection

• IR Remote control, +/-, muting, phase inversion and programmable volume limit

Phono Amp Module

• DC-coupled balanced, ultra short transistor stage Class-A Moving Coil (MC) amplifier

• PCB-(Printing Circuit Board)-Heating for low distortion and perfect temperature stability of (sound)sensitive parts

• rotary switch at the backside (ELMA precision rotary switch) controlling micro reed-switching relays and metal film resistors to adjust the input impedance

• high gain / low gain selector with 10dB difference