KALISTA & AUDIRVANA ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP AROUND THE NEW DREAMPLAY X

The two French HiFi brands, Kalista and Audirvana, are joining forces on Kalista’s DreamPlay X to offer customers a ‘digital experience that matches the product’s sound and aesthetic quality’.

KALISTA DREAMPLAY X

The story of Kalista began in the early 2000s in the workshops of a French HiFi brand, Métronome Technologie, in the Tarn region of France, with the primary objective of producing a unique object, both in terms of its design and its sound performance.

The Kalista DreamPlay X is an all-in-one SACD player, streamer, DAC and preamplifier that launched last year. Owners will have free access to Audirvāna software to extend the digital experience of the product, using a unique code provided to each customer giving them an Auridvana Origin licence and a two-year subscription to Audirvana Studio.

Kalista DreamPlay X

AUDIRVANA

Audirvāna was founded in 2011 by Damien Plisson who developed and improved a unique technology over time, forging the ultimate digital audio playback software for all music professionals and enthusiasts.

It is a solution to manage and organize your music whether it comes from a local music library or an HD streaming service (like Tidal or Qobuz). Its software is available for MacOS and Windows 10 and comes with a free mobile app to control it remotely compatible with iOS and Android.

Kalista DreamPlay X All In One Player

Beyond the business agreement, the two brands have been working together for several months to ensure that the DreamPlay X is recognized by the Audirvāna software and that the integration is as seamless as possible for users. Audirvāna thus completes the already numerous functionalities of the DreamPlay X whose promise is to be ‘The universal audio-digital source’.

Damien Plisson, creator of Audirvāna explains, “On a computer with Audirvāna, you can easily create our playlists and favourites by picking from your local music and connected streaming service. It’s a very convenient tool to do that. Audirvāna also gives customization possibilities through oversampling algorithms or the ability to integrate acoustic corrections”.

Audirvana

UPNP WIRELESS PROTOCOL

Technically, both products communicate through the UPnP wireless protocol. This demanding solution in its integration remains very universal and above all without any compression or resolution limitation.

“For a product with the quality and requirements of the DreamPlay X, it is important to multiply the possibilities of use for the customers without ever giving up the sound quality,” says Jean-Marie Clauzel, Associate Director of Kalista/Metronome Technologie

According to Damien Plisson, this first unprecedented collaboration is destined to develop “Without falling into proprietary protocols that are more restrictive and doomed to obsolescence, it demonstrates the value of working with hardware manufacturers to offer the best possible experience to users“.

HiFi Pig Says: An interesting French partnership with useability and sonic quality at its core.