More than two decades after founding TIDAL-Audio in the year 1999 we start herewith a new chapter in our successful journey. We are proud to share our newly established multi-year partnership with one of the most prestigious brands in the luxury and technology segment in the market - worldwide famous for performance and exclusivity in its own stratospheric heights: BUGATTI. Both companies are united in a shared philosophy - to strive for perfection without limits in order to perform with exceptional effort and uncompromising spirit.
This cooperation and project are a significant quantum step up from everything we have built before, designed to establish in every possible way a new category of music systems for your home. Expressed in immaculate execution in every little detail and embossed in a polished stainless-steel plaque on all these masterpieces with an engraving as simple as it explains it all perfectly: TIDAL for BUGATTI. A piece of art on its own that takes its timeless spot in your living environment as a unique center of gravity bringing joy to all your senses for many years to come. The Bugatti of high-end audio systems. Literally.
The first TIDAL for BUGATTI masterpiece is the ROYALE series. A name not just given lightheaded, since not only it reflects one of the most prestigious models in the BUGATTI heritage and product history. Also for us, it means it is ‘the crown jewel’ of everything we achieved so far, compressing and repackaging all our famous merits - sound, design and finish at a state-of-the-art level – in such a high density that we classify it as a game changer without hesitating. The most audiophile masterpiece from us, skipping straight to endgame arrival.
Initiated with a strong fascination for hypercars, and in particular BUGATTI, we followed this inspiration for this project with the same mindset to create something unique in the balance between art, craftsmanship, technology, and performance and transported it together with BUGATTI into our competence field to build no less than a game changer for ears, eyes, and hands.
This excitement and personal promise formed the strong fundament for this project and alliance: TIDAL for BUGATTI. What can be noticed and experienced is quite simple: a visual promise of a breathtaking performance that is built within and unfolds to unmatched levels when unleashed - just like the unique experience of a hypercar.
Not without reason we say it this way. As for everything we do the design and execution itself are both a reflection and expression of what is to be expected beyond the visible part. The most advanced and complex cabinet we have ever designed and built, the internal multichannel amplifier with sheer endless power and silky finesse, the diaphragms made out of diamond, ceramic, and light-metal and a totally new way with a hybrid concept out of passive and active technologies – each and every detail at the ROYALE series was designed to build only for this project.
Not a single part can be found in any other product. And yet all our technology works its magic behind the scenes, like the revered world-famous chef at a world-class restaurant. It operates as a discreet, undetectable conduit that conveys the message of the music whilst perfectly preserving its original sonic fingerprint.
The technology behind the TIDAL for Bugatti Royale skips several stages of incremental product improvement and development - never before has an audiophile masterpiece had such a density of unique technologies and solutions, combining it into a piece of art designed only for one result: the ultimate performance. Each and every part and detail has been designed from scratch in order to play its role within this 'grand complication' to translate it into the world of the finest mechanical watches.
But similar to timepieces from the Vallée de Joux and 'regular' TIDAL masterpieces, trying to explain things with shared technology details would not even come close to the idea of creating an imagination of the result to be expected. TIDAL for Bugatti is ranked beyond everything we have ever created in more than two decades.
Each pair can be created as a 'pair unique'. The choice is the metal parts, divided into three groups: aluminum, stainless steel, and precious metal designs. Either velvet glass-pearl blasted, brushed or structured, silver, grey or dark, and all colors in between – the aluminum package offers almost endless possibilities.
Stainless steel on the other hand is what TIDAL became famous for to execute onto a level beyond every chrome plating. What one sees is what one gets – the real rare material ingredient itself. It is also the base for all precious metal platings such as gold or rose-gold for example.
Needless to say, side grills also can be individualized, such as the front plate could be selected in mentioned metals, carbon fiber, or leather.
We do offer various configurations and finishes being in line with the spirit of Bugatti’s hypersport car series and the uniqueness that the brand always represented. And what we have become famous for in the execution of finishes when it comes to audio equipment. There are two main cabinet themes: Monocoque and Duotone.
The Monocoque series offers a “shaped out of one block” theme, every choice of a single color in either real piano lacquer or original BUGATTI lacquers. We think the Monocoque is the perfect choice when it comes to black and white.
The Duotone theme offers choices of colors and materials to harmonize with each other and execute every pair into a one-off. The front part is in white and the back part is in polished Macassar veneer. Or in black piano finish and dark grey carbon fiber. Our prestigious clients’ imagination and wish is what dictates the execution.
TIDAL for BUGATTI Royale: 4-way hybrid-active multichannel powered loudspeaker with completely analog signal paths
mechanically decoupled and hermetically isolated TIDAL T4B amplifiers built inside with smart thermo management
3D-shaped multi chamber monocoque cabinet (MONOCOQUE) and dual-shell cabinet (DUOTONE)
TIDAL TIRALIT™ Ultra poly cast matrix cabinet with decoupled isolation front plate and stand-frame
1 x 30 mm high efficiency T4B diamond tweeter
1 x 127 mm high efficiency T4B diamond midrange-woofer
2 x 170 mm T4B woofers with aluminum-magnesium alloy diaphragm
4 x 265 mm T4B long-throw subwoofers with aluminum-magnesium diaphragm
Connection inputs: LAN-remote, XLR, Royale-Link, power cord input
Adjustments: bass tone/bass level/placement
Speaker dimensions: 144 cm x 28 cm x 60 cm
Speaker weight: 2 x 217 Kg / 2 x 480 lbs.
Shipping weight: 2 x 294 Kg / 2 x 648 lbs.
TIDAL for BUGATTI “Royale MC-1”
fully discrete digital-to-music converter (DMC™)
lossless volume control
individual choices of the metal cabinet (colors and finishes)
individual choices of the top cover inlay and side panel inlays (metals, carbon fiber, leather, colors)
controlled via remote control and iOS devices
Sources: internal streamer (upgradeable) or digital in via Toslink, BNC, RCA, AES, USB
Streaming content via USB, DNLA network, Airplay, and music streaming services
Dimensions: 46 cm x 42 cm x 12 cm
Weight: 1 x 33 Kg
Shipping weight: 1 x 59 Kg