A CD player and DAC that punches above its price 

Metronome’s AQWO SACD-CD Player/DAC is actually part of a trio, because the small French manufacturer decided it would be best to split the cost of the research and development it put into building its first-ever SACD player across an additional two models, which are essentially the ‘building blocks’ of the AQWO. 

So, at the same time the company was developing the AQWO, it also built a transport (t|AQWO) and a DAC (c|AQWO). All three are built by Metronome itself in its factory near Montans in the South of France, where it also builds a luxury line under the ‘Kallista’ brand.

Equipment

The front panel of the AQWO (it’s not a model number, by the way, it means “I listen, I hear” in ancient Greek, according to Jean Marie Clauzel, who’s the General Manager at Metronome), is self-evidently dominated by a massive colour touch-screen display measuring 140 x 70mm.
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