Vitus Audio SCD-025 Mk.II – Signature Series CD Player

€26,500.00
per piece
Tax included

Using one of our favourite turntables with our Masterpiece MP-P201 phono stage as a reference point, the creation of the SCD-025 Mk.II was all about creating the very best analogue sound from a digital source.


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Using one of our favourite turntables with our Masterpiece MP-P201 phono stage as a reference point, the creation of the SCD-025 Mk.II was all about creating the very best analogue sound from a digital source.

Simply put, we wanted to create a more ‘musical’ CD player than anything else available on the market. What has transpired from our painstaking research and development is a component that exceeds expectation. Much more than just a CD player, with USB, AES/EBU and S/PDIF inputs, the SCD-025 Mk.II can act as the digital source of truth in your setup.

We chose the Philips CD Pro 2 LF drive and stripped it back to its basic mechanical and electronic parts before rebuilding it to meet our requirements. This greatly reduces errors reading disc information and taking a burden off of the error correction system within the drive.

We use sample rate conversion to minimise jitter achieving a sample rate of 384kHz thanks to the Engineered Q8 sample rate converter module. The analogue stage is taken directly from our amplifiers and special attention was paid to the PSU which is split into four separate supplies. One for the drive, one for the digital stage and two (left and right) for the analogue stage. This is immensely important in lowering the noise floor and producing our famed black backgrounds.

The SCD-025 Mk.II brings truly musical performance to the digital domain.

Technical specifications:

Output:                                               XLR analogue                                    RCA analogue

Available:                                          1 (L+R)                                                 1 (L+R)

Impedance:                                       80kΩ                                                     80kΩ

Frequency response:                    +800kHz                                              +800kHz             

Signal to noise ratio:                     >110dB @ 1kHz                                >110dB @ 1kHz

THD + noise:                                     <0.01%                                                <0.01%

Drive mechanism:

Philips CD Pro 2LF (significantly modified by VA)

DAC:

·         Master clock:    24.576 MHz +/- 5ppm

·         Sample rate converter:  Engineered Q8

·         DAC:   2x AD1955 – mono mode

 

Digital Inputs:                                                  USB                                       AES/EBU & S/PDIF                         

Available:                                                          1x USB B                              1x XLR & 1x RCA                             

Impedance:                                                                                                      110Ω/75Ω                          

Sample rate:                                                     384 kHz+DSD128             192kHz                                                                                              

Resolution:                                                       24bit                                      24bit                     

 

Digital Audio Outputs:

·         Standard:   1x XLR (AES/EBU) / 1x RCA (S/PDIF)

·         Sample rate:   192kHz

·         Resolution:

    24bit

 

Dimensions / Weight:

·         Height: 135mm including feet

·         Width: 435mm

·         Depth:  428mm

·         Weight :  26kg

·         Material:   Aluminium for body parts and hidden heat sinks