dCS Vivaldi CD/SACD Transport II

The Transport II is dCS's dedicated disc transport for Vivaldi owners, giving access to native DSD playback from SACD and to recordings not available through streaming.

It replaces the original Transport's TEAC Esoteric mechanism, no longer available, with a Sound United D&M SACD mechanism, carrying forward the engineering advances made since the original Vivaldi's development and keeping the range's sculpted-wave, aerospace-grade aluminum chassis.

Sold separately from the APEX DAC; connects over AES.

Specifications

• Mechanism: Sound United D&M SACD
• Outputs: dual AES pair carrying encrypted DSD from SACD, or DXD at 24 bit 352.8 kS/s or DSDx2 from CD; plus AES and two S/PDIF carrying 16/44.1 regardless of disc
• Clock: word clock in and out on BNC
• Clock accuracy: 10 ppm, not temperature compensated
• Dimensions: 444 x 435 x 178 mm
• Weight: 50.7 lbs
• Power: 16W typical, 50W maximum, under 0.5W powered down