Κώστας Φ.
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- Μηνύματα
- 8.978
- Reaction score
- 895
Mε Philips CD-Pro2M transport, τροφοδοσία σε ξεχωριστό σασί, εξόδους Βalanced XLR, RCA, coaxial S/PDIF, AES/EBU, TosLink, χαρακτηριστική εμφάνιση Nagra και τιμή $13.495.
Aντιγράφω απο το review του Stereophile:
"The actual transport module in the CDP's mono-block tray is a Philips CD-Pro2M, which is used stock, other than Nagra's addition of their own suspension system and locking disc weight. The electronics were all developed in-house by Nagra, starting with PLL resynchronization of the signal and low-jitter, high-precision, voltage-controlled crystal oscillators (VCXOs). The resynced signal is fed to an 8x-oversampling Burr-Brown sigma-delta D/A converter and thence to Burr-Brown output devices.
The ACPS II power supply contains not only the AC transformer, but the regulator and smoothing circuits as well. It outputs 12V DC to the CDP via a ferrite-treated cable. The CDP itself has nine discrete power supplies: the digital circuits use decoupling converters, synchronized to the reference clock of the transport module, while the analog boards use additional low-noise regulators.
The program code is stored on flash EPROM and can be updated at the Nagra factory. The bits'n'bobs are all prime quality: the printed-circuit boards are multilayer, with separate power and ground planes. Capacitors are from Wima; the rotary control is from Elma.
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When it comes to construction and performance, the Nagra CDP is one of the best CD players I've ever heard or caressed. If you're even the slightest bit prone to pure gizmoid lust, you'll be a goner the minute you get your hands on one.
Here in the real world, many of us must also consider the question of value. Although I feel that Nagra has met its design brief in building a player capable of extracting every detail lurking in a CD's bits, I'd have a hard time justifying its $13,495 price simply in order to obtain the extra performance over my $5950 Ayre C-5xe—but then, I had to pinch pennies so hard to buy the Ayre that Abe Lincoln actually scowled at me.
Besides, that's putting my wallet in your pocket. If owning something that ranks among the best of its type is important to you and price isn't that big a consideration, you might well consider the Nagra CDP.
But if cost is an object to you, as it is to me, and you're easily swayed by components engineered to fulfill their function with maximum physical and sonic quality, just shut your eyes, stuff your fingers in your ears, and walk on by quickly, muttering, "Get thee behind me." Lust can be the very devil to overcome." -- Wes Phillips
Εργαστηριακές Μετρήσεις:
"The Nagra CDP's digital-domain measurements, especially regarding its ability to cope with data errors and its rejection of jitter, are among the best I have encountered. Considered purely as a CD transport, it doesn't get any better than this. In the analog domain, the CDP works best with higher impedances, when it is almost beyond reproach, though the de-emphasis did raise my eyebrows a tad. I do wonder, however, if its signatures of harmonic and intermodulation distortion correlate with the somewhat forward soundstage presentation WP noted in his auditioning." -- John Atkinson
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