Mimesis 16 and Mimesis 16HD
Universal Preamplifier
The new Mimesis 16 is announced as a brainchild of the Metis 10, with 16 channels output like the Mimesis 30 and a very similar outside presentation, but with much more processing power. It can handle 10 Leonardo, more than 50 filters, etc... Interestingly, it uses also the same USB input than the Metis 10, providing an ideal input for a computer used as a source, for example a Music Server.
The major advantage of this new model, in addition to its much higher processing power, is the new fast-loaded, easy-to-use configurator. This new configurator loads in seconds, offers a real-time test capability and is far more intuitive to handle. However, since the new technology is based on a completely different design, the new configurator cannot be extended to the previous family.
Based on the same design, a new Mimesis 32 will be developed with even more processing power and higher level converters.
The Technology
The Mimesis 16 provides a complete set of inputs :
- one 6-channel analog input (can be configured as 3 x 2-channel analog)
- additional 3 x 2 channel analog inputs
- 3 x 2-channel analog inputs
- 4 x RCA digital inputs
- one XLR digital input
- 2 x Toslink digital input
- 1 x USB 2.0 digital input with full noise isolation
The Mimesis 16HD
The Mimesis 16 HD offers the same features as the Mimesis 16. The difference between them is that the HD version has been created for Home-Theater fanatics and provides HDMI input with full Dolby and DTS new HD formats.
