■Four separate SUPERLINK transmission paths

Each transmission path delivers/receives the following signals.

MCK(Master Clock): The CD transport receives the master clock signal from the D/A converter through this line, and functions as a slave to the DA converter, enabling completely synchronized transportation of audio data.

BCK(Bit Clock): Sends bitclock signals, required for digital data bit identifi cation(e.g. sampling frequency) or signal readout, from the CD transport to the D/A converter.

LRCK(L/R Clock): Sends left/right identifi cation clock signals

from the CD transport to the D/A converter.

DATA: Sends audio data from the CD transport to the D/A

converter.

■SUPERLINK

connection Two SUPERLINK connections: Four BNC terminals for TL0 3.0, TL1N, TL2N and TL3N, and D-SUB-9 for TL2 and TL51 series. All CEC CD Transports and Players with one of those terminals are available with the SUPERLINK ultra low jitter transmission system.

■Word clock input

44.1kHz word clock input is regenerated to 16.9344MHz for the SUPERLINK master clock. Perfect SUPERLINK connection is performed with a high precision clock generator connected. 

■SPDIF(Coaxial) input

(optional function) SUPERLINK BNC-BCK input is also used for SPDIF coaxial input. High resolution signal upsampled by TL2N is acceptable.

■ESS Technology

DAC chip Digital-to-analog conversion is performed by the ESS Hyper stream DAC chip 32bit ES9028PRO from the flagship SABRE PRO series. Extra wide dynamic range (NDR) and ultra low total harmonic distortion plus noise (THD+N) result in reproducing music with unbelievable breath and depth of sound stage.

■Analog output 

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