Theta Introduces Premium DAC Card
for Casablanca III Music and Cinema Controller

Theta offers improved DAC card as new entry level option for world reference surround processor

CES, Las Vegas, Nevada, January, 2007—Theta Digital, long acclaimed as America’s most advanced manufacturer of high-end digital audio products, will be introducing a new DAC card option for the Casablanca III: the Premium DAC. It is a four-channel, all balanced card that makes it possible to purchase a complete Casablanca III with 7.1 output for a US retail price of $10,000.

The Premium DAC replaces the venerable Standard DAC card, which is now out of production.

Features and capabilities of the new DAC card:

It uses a true differential balanced output circuit. It has a Burr Brown 24/192 DAC, and can play DTS 24/96 recordings.

It has new improved volume controls.

Like the Xtreme and Superior II DACs, it can work in any Casablanca III slot, and has many more channel configurations than the Standard DAC card that is replaces.

It can output into amplifiers with balanced (XLR) or single ended (RCA) inputs.

It oversamples to 1536k.

Its volume levels automatically match to other DAC cards making it easy to mix cards in a Casablanca.

All of these characteristics add up to a new level of performance available at the “entry level” for Casablanca III ownership, without raising the price bar prohibitively.

The Casablanca upgrade path
The Casablanca III is the direct descendent of the original “open architecture” Casablanca released in 1997. Casablanca introduced the concept of a mother-board and replaceable, modular daughter-boards to home entertainment components. All Casablanca owners from the beginning have been able to take full advantage of all the upgrades and updates made available for the Casablanca, including upgrade to the full current version. This updatability over more than a decade is unique in surround processors.

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