DESCRIPTION :

We've been on a long quest to bring back the magical sense of aliveness, the delicate illusions of an involving, moving musical experience. Now, with the Chroma, Theta's expertise has been turned to making as much as possible of this "state of the art" listening pleasure available in a popular price range.

Inspired by our multi-thousand-dollar reference standard D/A converters, Chroma's design benefits from years of manufacturing experience as well as our high sonic standards.



Chroma's immediate predecessor, the Theta Cobalt, set the stage for Chroma, but the Chroma benefits from advances made in the last three years of research and development. A beefier power supply, better jitter rejection, a refined analog stage filter and an improved circuit layout all contribute to Chroma's dramatically enhanced performance.



Theta's holistic design approach guides our decisions on which elements are crucial to sound, and where some compromises can be made with minimal sonic impact.

For maximum cost efficiency, we use low-cost "mass production" techniques where we find them beneficial.

But each design decision, on a part-by-part basis, was made with attention to detail and a depth of understanding unheard of in equipment normally available in Chroma's price range. You will find some surprisingly expensive parts inside, in important areas of Chroma's circuitry.