■DOUBLE BELT-DRIVE MECHANISM

The advantage of belt-drive CD system over the normal direct-drive has been proven by the stability and long life of CEC’s world original belt-drive system since its introduction in early 1990’s. Simply, in order to eliminate the vibration and electromagnetic noise from the motors (both spindle motor for CD and feed motor for laser pick-up) a double belt-drive system, enabling the motors to be located away from the spindle and laser pick-up has been applied. The large (12 cm. diam. & 380 gram) stabilizer to the turntable increases it’s effective mass and inertial stability (high flywheel effect) which stabilizes the disc rotation. The double belt-drive mechanism has now been positioned just in the center of the larger aluminum and larger chassis for further stable rotation. The newest CD transport offers and unprecedented precise, rich, deep and beautiful sound reproduction. 

■ESS TECHNOLOGY DAC CHIP

1. Digital-to-analog conversion is performed by the ESS Hyper stream 

2. DAC chip 32bit ES9028PRO from the flagship SABRE PRO series.

3. Extra wide dynamic range (NDR) and ultra-low total harmonic 

4. distortion plus noise (THD+N) result in reproducing music with 

5. unbelievable breadth and depth of sound and staging.

■ UP-SAMPLING

The sampling frequency of CD’s is 44.1kHz as a traditional standard. This can be up-sampled to 88.2kHz or up to 176.4kHz, which is in the field of high resolution music reproduction through internet. (High resolution field covers even 96 and/or 192kHz as well.) Note: CEC’s listening test shows 88.2/176.4kHz sound better than 96/192kHz. This feature of UP-SAMPLING results in a more precise and natural reproduction of music. 

■WORD CLOCK INPUT 

The BNC terminal is equipped to input 44.1kHz world clock, the signal generated by an external clock generator. The CD2N reproduces the servo clock from the external word clock combined with the system clock resulting in the elimination of jitter. 

■ANALOG OUTPUT 

Both conventional type RCA and balanced type XLR connections are available. We recommend the balanced connection to make the DA SL balanced circuit superiority perform at its fullest. 

■DIGITAL OUTPUT SPDIF;

balanced connection AES/EBU (XLR), COAXIAL (RCA) and TOSLINK (Optical) outputs are available for the digital connection with D/A converter. 

■ DISPLAY

Superior Fluorescent and LED display which may be dimmed or even disconnected during music performance is possible.