Lynx Studio Technology Aurora(n) 16 USB next generation

Design

- Aurora(n) is an extremely high quality A/D D/A converter that has been designed to deliver uncompromisingly faithful conversion at all sample rates at a reasonable price.

Transparent audio

- Signal distortions add up and destroy an actually good mix. This may still work on a single track, but becomes a problem when several audio tracks or generations are mixed. This is why a discolored mix collapses, while a transparent mix remains airy, defined and realistic. This cannot be achieved with converters that sample and evaluate signals. Transparency is important! Lynx transducers are renowned for their acoustic transparency. This is the reason why Lynx converters are used wherever particularly demanding audio tasks are involved.

Uncompromising Windows and OSX compatibility

- Lynx is one of the few audio converter manufacturers to offer fully functional, cross-platform compatibility even at the highest sample rates. Lynx is therefore in an excellent position when it comes to choosing your platform. All Lynx drivers are developed in-house. This results in their well-known compatibility and stability.

Honest and qualified specifications

- It takes a lot of effort to offer specifications that represent the entire audio signal path - not just that of the converter chip. The technical data that is published is conservative. These data are met or even exceeded. Specifications that are not backed up by their test parameters, such as signal level, frequency, bandwidth, etc., are meaningless. It is easy to find a "sweet spot" in test measurements and brag about it. But this is neither the reality nor the claim of Lynx.

100% reliable

- Lynx is known for its low failure rates. The converters are built entirely in Southern California to strict quality tolerances.

outstanding product support

- Lynx owes its reputation as a leading manufacturer of audio transducers to its support team. Fast, responsible and helpful support helps to ensure that you can complete your productions quickly, safely and reliably.

What makes Aurora(n) converters so special:

Independent converter design - some manufacturers use chips with multiple converters. While this makes it possible to fit many converter channels into a small space at a low cost, it inevitably results in poor performance. At Lynx, we design the signal path of each channel as a separate and shielded unit. Each channel pair receives its own converter chip. This brings huge acoustic benefits and significantly increases dynamic range and performance while reducing crosstalk and distortion.

Hilo Converter Technology (HCT) - Design and technology borrowed from the Hilo design. This significantly improves the specifications and transparency of the Aurora(n) compared to its predecessor. You can find all the details here.

Available with 8, 16, 24 or 32 channels of high conversion gain, all on a single head unit.

Pioneering design:
Configurable I/O

Channel expansion - start with 8, 16 or 24 channels and add more later in groups of 8, up to a full expansion of 32 channels.

Modularity - Digital (AES3 and ADAT), mic preamp and analog summing modules will be available later this year. Further modules are planned for later.

Selectable connection technology - Thunderbolt, DANTE, ProTools|HD or USB via LSlot expansion cards.

Functional expansion - via firmware updates. Just as we do for Hilo and Aurora, we will continuously expand the functionality of Aurora(n).

microSD recorder/player - up to 32-channel real-time recording in 192 kHz and playback via its own converters. For example, a 256 GB SD card allows up to 8.3 hours of recording and playback of 32 channels at 96 kHz. Samsung has announced a 1 TB SD card. The Aurora(n) even supports SD cards with a storage capacity of up to 2 TB.

Brand new SynchroLock-2 "high-performance" sample clock technology - this is the next SynchroLock generation and offers an incredible jitter reduction of 300,000:1, only 5 seconds lock time, extremely low jitter and outstanding absolute accuracy. The Word Clock I/O has one input and three outputs on a BNC basis.

Two separate audiophile headphone outputs - each with its own volume control.

Quiet, fanless rack-mount design on a single height unit - efficiency improvements result in a 32-channel Aurora(n) generating significantly less heat than its 16-channel predecessor. Like all Lynx audio converters, the Aurora(n) is fanless and can therefore be easily installed in the recording room.

Universal power supply - built-in

480 x 128 TFT display - this display is manufactured to our own specifications.