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The Capital Audiofest 2021 UHA was featuring the SuperDeck with the USA debut of the Borresen 05 Silver Edition Speakers with the Thrax preamp and monoblocks and all Ansuz top line cabling. Plus the debut of the great and intricate HiFiStay Mythology rack system that was just beautiful in to see in person, this one in a high gloss black finish.

The all new UHA SuperDeck also had it's audio show debut at the Capital Audiofest 2021. This was the best Capital Audiofest ever! UHA has been to every Capital Audiofest and this was a turning point in the history of the show, it is now officially a high end audio show maybe even with a leg up on other shows. Just goes to show that there is pent up demand for audiophiles to get back to the great hobby we all enjoy. There were so many people in the UHA / High End By Oz room at the show from the 10am Friday all the way to 4pm on Sunday. Here is a picture late at night at one of the UHA Legendary After Hours Analog Tape Events, standing room only.

CAPITAL AUDIOFEST 2021 SHOW REPORTS

Stereophile: Vitus, Thrax, Børresen: United Home Audio and High End by Oz Ken Micallef  |  Nov 8, 2021 This highly resolving system exposed the overly processed reverb of an Agnes Orbel CD, while framing her rich voice and cello within a deep soundstage. Tomas Örnberg's Blue Five & The Swedish Jazz Kings performing Duke Ellington’s "Black Beauty," from an Opus 3 sampler on open-reel tape, knocked me flat with its microdetail, woody-sounding tuba, and precise acoustic bass; the reproduced bass showed clearly that the microphones were focused on the upper body of the instrument, giving every string pluck lifelike attack. A tape of Bizet’s Carmen played on the United Home Audio (UHA) Super Deck was dynamic and dead quiet, reproduced with lovely tone and delicacy.

Part Time Audiophile Capital Audiofest UHA and OZ. I however visited this room more than once throughout the weekend, just to reset my base reference and get to hear the new Super Deck sparkle once more. I wasn’t let down. United Home Audio at the wheel, we were at one time presented with a classic jazz piano piece from Oscar Peterson that just killed.

AV SHOWROOMS.COM Gold Show Award Capital Audiofest, Best Sound:  High End by Oz and United Home Audio: The sound was explosive when playing the “Chasing the Dragon”s, Espana master tape. The synergy of the UHA Super Deck with an outboard power supply and the Borresen 05 Silver Supreme Edition, floorstanding loudspeakers, the Thrax Maximinus DAC, the Thrax Dionysus preamplifier and the Thrax Teres Hybrid monoblocks was spot-on, delivering a holographic soundstage with unparalled dynamic range and rich detail. It was as close to being at a live event as I’ve ever heard at a show. My choice for best sound at the CAF 2021. The room also included a Vitus SCD player with a DAC and the United States debut of the Hifi Stay Racks, imported by Ozan Turan of High End by Oz. Cabling was the Anzuz D.TC Supreme with a Mainz8 power distributor.

The Absolute Sound Capital Audio Fest | Jacob Heilbrunn SHOW by Jacob Heilbrunn Nov 22nd, 2021 It was truly back to the future in United Home Audio and High End by Oz’s demo. There was the UHA Super Deck, which retails for a mere $89,998 plus $4900 for the spiffy stand that accompanies it. Recently reviewed by JV, it definitely is the powerhouse he described in such luminous detail. Coupled to this mighty beast was the $214,500 Børresen 05 Silver Supreme Speaker and $34,500 Thrax Audio Teres II Mono amplifiers and $23,000 Thrax Audio Dionsysos preamplifier. The sound, as you might expect, was spacious, clear, and dynamic. Greg Beron, the head honcho of United Home Audio, remarked to me, “I know it’s not your genre, but I have a tape of Thriller.” Oh, ye of little faith. I had to reprove Greg, as “Billie Jean” has actually been in frequent rotation in my own system. After he cranked it up to satisfactory volume levels, I got the drift. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard Michael Jackson’s voice sound quite that relaxed and sonorous.

The United Home Audio SuperDeck ($89,998) is a source that inspires wows. Thrax Audio took over, you could say ruled, the large Twinbrook Room at the Rockville Hilton. Featuring Thrax electronics including their Teres II Mono Amplifiers ($34,500), Dionysos Preamplifier ($23,000), and Maximinus DAC MKII ($38,500), with accompaniment from a Vitus Audio SCD 25 MKII CD Player ($26,400), Ansuz D-TC Supreme Cables ($17,600 – $70,000), and the imposing Borrensen 05 Silver Supreme Speakers ($214,500) pumping pure energy into the room, all those zeros could not dispel the musical magic on display when that UHA SuperDeck took over the source position. I believe listening to Pink Floyd’s “Money” on tape is the first time I could hear the exact amount of change used in the song. All hyperbole aside, this system delivered a lot, a lot, of music’s goodness in grand scale. Bravo!

The all new UHA SuperRecordDeck Has been further tweaked and is up and recording tapes with an all new recording system design that has never been used in recording previously! An all new modern oscillator of much better quality than those used 40 to 60 years ago and has ben custom built for UHA in England and was designed to operate on a completely separate and isolated board with it's own dedicated power supply. This device is not your 40 to 60 year old oscillator this is an all new very powerful device that could operate in the gigahertz range and laughs at the output and frequency needed to record tape. The result is not a saw toothed sign wave but a smooth and accurate representation of the signal to tape.

The All New UHA - SuperDeck The ne plus ultra of high-fidelity playback. The SuperDeck is the product of years of research and development by a team of pro's, boasting the best of the best cost no object parts and design. The goal was to make a statement component to breathe new life into what was previously considered a dead music format.  NEW SUPERDECK REVIEW FROM THE ABSOLUTE SOUND! Jonathan Valin - The Absolute Sound May 25, 2021 Read the full review here - The Absolute Sound - UHA SuperDeck Review But when it comes to sonic completeness—which, along with neutrality, plays such a key role in turning ersatz into real—R2R stands apart, as does Greg’s latest creation, the SuperDeck. Put simply, it is the best tape machine he’s built (by far) and, given a great tape, the most realistic source component I’ve yet heard. _______________________________ The New UHA SuperDeck consists of these five systems. 1.) The Tape Transport 2.) Outboard Power Supply 3.) Outboard Tape Head Preamplifier 4.) The UHA Rack System (optional) 5.) Special HifiStay Footers under the OPS and Head Amp (optional)

1.) The Tape Transport System: The tried and proven reliable tape transport that UHA has used for the past 13 years is redesigned to be used solely as a means to move the tape past the tape heads. These transports have provided many years of trouble-free operation to well over 100 UHA customers over the last 13 years. The look of the new transport is different as unused knobs and switches have been covered by an all-new metal faceplate designed to reduce vibrations. There is also a new carbon fiber vibration damping hourglass design between the two reels that cover the old power switch and speaker grill in the center of the reels. The deck has a stereo pair of Furutech chassis mount XLR’s that connect the tape head to the Outboard Head Amp and provide signal from the tape head. UHA supplies a .5m XLR cable for this however the beauty of this is the owner can also choose any XLR cable of their choice, it will make a big difference in sound with every cable you try, pick what you like. The UHA supplied cable seems to be quite good but feel free to experiment as you will.

2.) Outboard Power Supply (OPS) • The Superdeck is made in the USA. • Heavy aluminum chassis are used on the UHA Head Amp and the Outboard Power Supply, the chassis are custom designed and manufactured solely for UHA. The chassis are internally dampened using a product called Richlife and all boards and power transformers are bolted to Richlife damping material for vibration isolation of all important electronic components.  • Optional HiFiStay gyrotension Swing footers are used under the Head Amp and the OPS. Wells were machined into the rack and the chassis of the Head Amp and the Rack system to accommodate the footers for a cohesive vibration damping system.   • The OPS is the beginning of the Super Deck Dual Mono Audio Signal Path. The outboard power supply (OPS) contains three toroidal transformers. One is for deck motor control and logic, and the others two are for separate right and left channel supplies. All transformers are shielded with Mu-Metal and are located to avoid magnetic field plume interaction for maximum noise reduction of the primary DC supplies. The audio and motor control DC supplies are carried in separate cables to the preamplifier and the deck to isolate the audio cabling and the tape transport control source DC supplies. • The new power supply now includes separate transformers for tape movement as well as right and left toroidal transformers for playback and record, resulting in true dual-mono operation. This increases channel separation for the best listening experience possible. The external power sources include separate right and left, high-current, Class A, three-stage power supplies in the playback preamplifier, offering the best signal-to-noise possible, and superior transient response.  • The Super Deck uses DC Reel and Capstan motors to eliminate magnetic transients during record and playback as opposed to AC motors used in the older recording consoles that produce a measurable magnetic flux under the tape reels. • Operation is provided for countries operating at 100/120/200/220/240 VAC. • A specific proprietary transformer vibration and noise damping system is used throughout the OPS and Preamplifier. Measurements were taken on the cabinet and the internal boards to minimize any vibrations.  • Separate connectors are provided from the OPS to the tape transport and head amp for audio and motor control for correct cable identification and placement.

3.) Tape Head Preamplifier: ·       Each Preamplifier channel is supplied with its own 3 stage series Capacitance Amplifier (CA) DC power source. Each channel supply is constructed with audiophile quality through hole transistors, capacitors, resisters and diodes. The capacitors are custom “UHA brand SuperCaps” are wound specifically for UHA and matched for each channel by Wilson Audio / Rel Caps. The capacitors are actually hyper pure oxygen free copper foil with a specific Dupont Teflon. The end caps are 100% copper, heated to a molten form then sprayed on the end caps, the leads are gold. ·       The Super Deck is manufactured using military and audiophile through hole components. The circuit board material is a military grade PTFE/Ceramic/Epoxy substrate that is superior at heat absorption and distribution, as well as having a virtually zero dielectric loss. This simply means something very important; the board material will not allow high frequencies to propagate through the board material in any way. The more common board material, FR4, is fiberglass. It absorbs moisture, tends to carbonize with heat and can “transmit” or “blead Through” audio signal to areas of the circuit where it is not wanted. This new board also provides a very important benefit to the high frequencies that no other board material can, it actually minimizes oscillation and distortion of the high frequencies because of the isolation of the main copper board with a sandwich of real gold top and bottom of the copper and further isolates and controls bleed through with a composite ceramic dielectric. ·       The resistors are precision trimmed low noise audio grade parts. All transistors were hand matched for symmetry and tested for lowest noise. The third and final CA stage utilizes a hand trimmed source resistor for precise output and minimal noise. ·       Instead of compromising the design with a “swiss army knife” approach to features, UHA focused on the most popular speed and format, 15IPS with IEC EQ. This allowed a design without a massive amount of switching which always serves to compromise audio quality. ·       The Super Deck uses custom low noise low output recording and playback heads, developed by UHA. Low output heads were used almost exclusively in the recording industry for years as a smaller coil will more honestly record and playback the music with the least noise and the least detriment to the extremes of the audio range. More turns on a coil mean more output, but it also means more capacitance between windings and higher inductance. Higher output coils mean less preamplifier gain is needed to drive an amplifier, but they can also pick up more noise that is then amplified, and more EQ is needed to correct for coil characteristics. This is why UHA designed low record and playback heads. Less source noise and flatter EQ with better fidelity. To that end, discrete operational amplifiers were chosen for this project that are high current and low noise with very little internal negative feedback applied. These discrete operational amplifiers have a very quick response to incoming audio, making the music a true representation of the original recording. ·       Each preamplifier is built with balanced and unbalanced outputs. The output capacitors are a proprietary design of Teflon, copper and gold leads which are made to UHA specs with the finest material on the finest equipment. They provide the fastest response and the lowest ESR of any like capacitor on the market. ·       The preamplifier comes with a 3-position custom designed VU meter for UHA. Also, a switch on the head amp allows for no VU meters in the circuit, VU meters with no illumination and VU meters with illumination. This was done to allow maximum flexibility in the visual and listening experience, while allowing the opportunity to defeat the meters and LED’s for the best audio performance. ·       Each OPS and Preamplifier is outfitted with a proprietary internal damping system to minimize room noise transmission into the signal path. Special mechanical feet are also available as an upgrade to further improve noise damping. ·       Each chassis is iridized, masked, and painted to provide critical grounding points to form a “ground shell” for optimum grounding and noise reduction.

4.) The New UHA Rack System: • The optional billet aluminum UHA Superdeck rack suspends the tape transport in a gel system that allows the transport to float, not in contact with the rack at all for vibration free operation. The rack also accommodates the Outboard Head Amp in the bottom of the rack system, to minimize use of space on a customer’s existing audio rack.  • This rack system will also work with any UHA Tape Deck and Outboard Power Supply. This rack system can also be used with any UHA Tape Deck and any UHA Outboard Power Supply, all fits perfectly!

5.) The HifiStay Gyroswing Footers: (optional) ·       There are exact sized wells machined into the bottom of the Tape Head Preamp and the Outboard Power Supply chassis that precisely fit the diameter of the HifiStay Footers. ·       The footers are designed for the exact weight of the Head Amp and the Outboard Power Supply to provide full component isolation. ·       Wells are also cut into the UHA Rack System to accommodate the footers.  What kind of capacitors do you use in a SuperDeck? SuperCaps of course! SuperCaps are made exclusively for UHA.