INTRODUCTION:
Solid State vs Valve, Digital vs Analogue, SACD vs DVD-A, the arguments rage on,
with one persons point of view seemingly contradicting others, which is right?, which
is wrong?, are there any winners, and losers ?, or is it down to personal tastes
at the end of the day ? now we have opposing technologies in the digital world, Digital
Filters vs Filterless Dac's, Up-sampling vs No up-sampling, Over-sampling vs no Oversampling,
how are we supposed to make a decision with so many opposing viewpoints?
There seems to be only one way to decide, and that is with your ears, if you like
the sound of the latest technology with 24/192 up-sampling[or more], with brick-wall
fliters to block unwanted spurious noise, and beleive that the measured signal is
of utmost importance, then that is what you are looking for, if on the other hand
you trust your ears to make a buying decision, then the alternative "Simple" approach
is worth looking out for. Is 16 bit/44.1KHz enough? Clearly not!!, but Consonace
is stuck with it for now, SACD/DVD-A are currently not taking the world by storm,
so they have to make the best of 16/44.1 CD player.
Philips TDA-1543 non-oversampling DACs had one unique quality: a very high output.
This helped to use discrete passive I/V conversion circuit rather than IC chips.
The discrete I/V circuit sounds much better than the ICs. The non-oversampling DAC
has distinctive tonal quality, it's sound clearly indicated that oversampling was
not the culprit of sound degrading, but the real offender was the digital filter.
If the reasons to alter the original CD format are to expand frequency range and
dynamic range, they are barking up the wrong tree. This is why new technologies can
provide just a tiny improvement to the sound quality compared to using better quality
capacitors and resistors.
FEATURES:
Linear technology applied to CD player
Sony 213 optical pickup mechanism
Philips CD18 digital servo system
Non-oversampling, no digital filter
J-FET Transistors filter, no op-amp at all
Passive I/V conversion In progression
2 x Philips TDA1543 (DAC7)16bit DAC (same as in Marantz CD7)
88.2KHz,176.4Khz upsampling selectable via remote control unit
Short pass length, less number of parts
Parallel power rectification for low resistance and low coloration
Full remote control functioning
Natural, musical and touching sound
Detachable Power Cord System
TECHNICAL:
DAC resolution: 16bit
Clock Jitter: <14ps directly distributed to DAC
0dBFS signal output: 2.35V RMS
Output Terminals: Gold plated RCA unbalanced x 1 pair
Frequency response: <+/- 0.5 db deviation 20Hz-20kHz
Signal-to-noise ratio: >105db
Crosstalk: <-100db
THD + Noise: <0.12% (sampling rate: 88.2Khz)
Phase response: <5 degrees deviation 20Hz-20kHz
Dimensions: 43cm x 8cm x 29cm (LxHxW)
Voltage Standard Available: 220V, 230V, 240V
Further Questions: info@cattylink.com
After sales and Warranty: service@cattylink.com
