The Destiny integrated amplifier will continue to produce world beating audio performance, through its continued use of discrete analogue MOS-FET circuitry which was first developed for Creek’s amplification products in 1993. It has continued to be used with great success since that time.

A major improvement in the Destiny over earlier Creek amplifiers has been in the area of separating power supply and voltage referencing circuitry for each channel. Dedicated windings on the new and up-rated mains transformer achieves >100 Watts into 8 Ohm operation. In addition Creek has upgraded the circuitry that controls the protection of the amplifier and ancillary products under fault conditions. The use of a 16 bit microcontroller with built-in Creek (CAN) bus makes it possible to monitor the amplifier constantly for over-temperature, over-current, DC offsets, and over-drive situations and take the appropriate corrective action.

It continues, as before, to control the volume by adjusting a motorized 27mm ALPS potentiometer. The Destiny has 5 inputs plus a single tape loop selected by relays and indicated by LED’s. Separating the pre-amp / power amplifier in the Destiny is controlled by a semi-hidden push switch on the rear panel and signal paths to and from the pre and power amplifier are carried by custom audio grade wiring. Loudspeaker connection is controlled locally by gold contact high current relays that can also be controlled via the Creek (CAN) bus.

The Destiny can still be run with a passive pre-amp but now has the added feature of a gain selectable active pre-amp. Selection is in three steps: 3dB, 6dB & 9dB. The gain is adjustable from underneath the pre-amp selection with a 3 way slider switch.  To select active or passive operation a push button on the front panel switches between the two and is indicated with an LED.     
 
A new connector arrangement can be found inside the Destiny pre-amp circuit board, that allows the use of a plug-in gain Phono circuit or DAC.  Being fully isolated from the input ground, it is possible to input either MM or MC cartridges or with a novel circuit board from Creek, a complete 24 bit 192kHz DtoA converter allows the Destiny to accept SPDIF signals on two inputs on the rear panel. The early range of phono boards will not fit this new amplifier.

One of the more difficult tasks was to make the Destiny switch into low-current standby operation. Waking up the amplifier can now be performed simply via the Creek System Remote, Model SRC2.

The metal case of the amplifier is larger and more substantial in thickness and weight. The front panel is machined from solid 10mm extruded aluminium and has solid metal push buttons and control knob to give the new amplifier a more expensive feel and smother operation. Groups of function buttons are now clustered together within a machined circle to make it more intuitive to use. LED’s indicate the functionality.

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