Datasheet

CD 555 electronics incorporate an
independent clock circuit with its own
multi-stage regulated power supply,
DACs isolated from electrical and
magnetic fields, and post digital filter
circuitry that all but eliminates jitter. All
analogue electronics are implemented
with discrete components.
CD 555 is driven from a separate power
supply, the CD 555PS, itself a few steps up
the performance ladder from its
predecessor. It incorporates seven
regulated power
supplies including a
separate one for the
player’s clock circuitry, five
secondary transformer windings, and
separate analogue and digital output
sockets to minimize high frequency noise
modulation. While its construction is pure
555 in philosophy, design, and
engineering, like its XPS2 predecessor it
can be used as an upgrade bridge
through its ability to power the CDX,
CDX2 and CDS3.
But for all the design,
engineering, expertise and skill,
there is only one real test for a CD
player - listening to the music it
makes. In an audio World increasingly
driven by downloads and lossy data
formats, a CD player like the CD555
might appear anachronistic. But that’s
before you experience what it can do.
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