While many audio companies would simply use the Holidays, and Black Friday in particular, to push their latest and improved options to replace the "old" models, MUTEC prefers to reward their clients' investment in their product as a long term partnership. For existing owners of the REF10 master clock, this upgrade is clearly a no nonsense option to improve what was already a superior product to a whole new level.
Released in the autumn of 2020, this special edition of the REF10 marks the absolute top in the field of reference master clocks. As a company that likes to underpromise and over deliver, MUTEC cautiously states that to their "best knowledge, the technical specifications of the REF10 SE120 are currently industry-leading in terms of phase noise and jitter."
Both models are based on the same technical foundation. That's why a REF10 can be transformed into the REF10 SE120 by replacing the standard oscillator with the much more elaborately manufactured, hand-selected SE120 oscillator. Additional testing and calibrations are carried out so that the user receives his REF10 back as a unit converted into a fully fledged REF10 SE120.
"The upgrade towards the REF10 SE 120 offers a clear noticeable positive effect on the sound quality of your connected audio devices: aspects such as resolution, spatiality, coherence and realism gain considerably. The acoustic stage becomes even wider and the sonic depth of the instruments more concise," the company explains, anticipating what to expect.
"It was primarily the numerous of enthusiastic feedback we received from the users about the sonic improvements of the special version REF10 SE120 compared to the base model REF10 that prompted us to offer this upgrade. This way, REF10 owners can easily and at a fair price increase the already excellent performance of their audiophile reference master clock REF10 to the ultimate level of the special version REF10 SE120,“ says Christian Peters, MUTEC's CEO.
The price for the upgrade including test of the unit, final oscillator calibration and individual measurement report is 1.999,00 Euro (incl. German VAT of 19%). The price for this upgrade with additional new front panel and new case including REF10 SE120 artworks is 2,299.00 Euro (incl. German VAT of 19%). The upgrade is executed exclusively directly by MUTEC in Berlin. Further information is available on a dedicated upgrade webpage.
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