RCD2.2 Mk2 24/192 kHz Tube CD-player
" A completely no compromise design"
The R.2.2 represents the
top model of Opera Audio's current range of CD Players excepting
the SACD 2. The R2.2 uses a single Sovtek
6H30 output tube. All
Australian spec. units are now supplied with remote analogue volume
control. Optional gold tube for even better
performance.
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24 bit 192KHz mltilevel sigma-delta with synchronous upsampling. |
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All substantial filter/reservoir capacitors are SOLEN |
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Gold plated RCA unbalanced and gold plated XLR balanced |
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High quality parts such as MIT capacitors,HOCOL resistors which are skillfully hand wired under the chassis,using WBT solder. |
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Tube output stage on R2.2 |
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Cherry-wood made camber for top chassis and brushed aluminium front panel with natural color. |
| Specifications: | |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE: | 20Hz to 120kHz ( +/- 0.1dB) |
| Clock Jitter | Less than 14ps directly distributed to DAC |
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DISTORTION (XLR) DISTORTION (RCA) |
Less than
0.002% Less than 0.003% |
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SIGNAL/NOISE:(XLR) (RCA) |
More than
105dB More than 100dB (Tube output) |
| INTERMODULATION | Less than 0.002% (19kHz + 20 kHz) |
| OUTPUT INTERFACES: | (RCA) and (XLR) |
| INPUT IMPEDANCE: | 100k |
| CROSSTALK | Less than -100dB |
| VACUUM TUBE: | Sovtek 6H30 |
| DIMENSIONS: | 430(L) x 330(W) x 210(H) mm |
| WEIGHT: | 18kg |
Sovtek 6H30 output
tube.
Comprehensive interior showing ample power supplies. R2.2 shown.
This units are spectacularly built and have amazing sonics. If
they were from a top European manufacturer, they would be a revelation.
Being Chinese, they force a rethink of old prejudices. People
experienced with Consonance products, will not be surprised. Both
units have a large, wide and palpable soundstage, with lightning
transient ability and the ability to separate instruments clearly
across the soundstage. They also give you that "No back wall"
sensation that very few CD players do. I cannot think of a player
under $10,000 which would better these units. Both sound very
similar, but there is a naturalness, an ease and a "want
to listen longer" character with the R 2.2 with its tube
output stage, that makes it worth the extra money, if your system
has the ability to show the difference.
I had high expectations from these units. They exceeded
my expectations comfortably.
