Esoteric has been dedicated to SACD/CD turntables for many years. The VRDS turntable system developed exclusively by Esoteric has been well-known in the CD turntable era. When it evolved to SACD, many Hi End manufacturers rushed to buy and use it. The K-01 SACD turntable is the evergreen model of the Esoteric integrated SACD turntable. It was first released in 2010 and became the "X" version in 2014. In 2018, it evolved to the new "Xs" version and became K-01Xs. Of course, at the same time, the same junior K-03X also evolved to K-03Xs, and the upgrade of the "Xs" version is a new technology developed by the flagship series Grandioso, which has been extended to a greater extent.
K-01Xs built-in high-precision VRDS-NEO [VMK-3.5-20S] Reading mechanism, a pair of ball bearings support the aluminum alloy turntable, and the steel turntable bridge with a thickness of 20mm is installed, and the weight is up to 5.2kg (12kg including the base). Transmission structure part, equipped with high magnetic The spindle motor of the density magnet uses a three-channel discrete amplifier circuit to reduce the impact of vibration. With the shaft swing reading head, it can accurately read the disc information.
Other specifications, K-01Xs Equipped with two groups of four AK4497 chips, Adopting dual mono design, 16 sets of differential output per channel, using high-bit processing algorithm,Support 35bit digital/Analog Conversion AbilityMinimize the calculation error to achieve linearity and low distortion performance;Choose high-quality MUSES 02 operational amplifierAnd VCXO clock crystal oscillator (Customized by Grandioso series),Improve the power supply circuit of DAC, Two sets of toroidal transformers provide digital/drive turntables and analog circuits to provide clean and stable power quality.Compared with the past, the digital/analog circuit is completely isolated, and the Esoteric-HCLD buffer amplifier circuit is used to provide high current output and high slew rate (2000V/μ), simultaneously drive the XLR/RCA analog output to increase the instantaneous current;Added "ES-LINK Analog" dedicated transmission interface, The interface is XLR specification, making full use of the high current output of HCLD, almost not affected by the impedance of the signal path, and only compatible with Esoteric''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s equipment.
It is difficult to recognize the changes of K-01Xs from the appearance. The core technology upgrades are hidden in the machine. In fact, when Esoteric designed the SACD turntable, the chassis has always been "copper wall and iron wall" and "stable as a mountain". In the above, the design elements of Grandioso are also added, but the appearance does not seem to change much. But the internal wiring of K-01Xs has changed a lot! The first is the power supply part. It is powered by 4 transformers similar to Grandioso. The mechanical structure of SACD turntable is the same as Grandioso P1 and K1. Both are VRDS-NEO VMK-3.5-20S. Digital conversion and decoding use independent dual mono DAC. , The line inherits the Grandioso D1, which means that the K-01X''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s DAC decoding uses left and right channel separation, and each channel has 8 digital conversion chips, which work in parallel, and achieve sound linearity and low noise through the decoding algorithm. News. The DAC chip adopts the new AK4497, with 35 bit decoding and calculation capabilities, and an internal HCLD buffer level, which is Esoteric''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s exclusive technology. In addition, K-01Xs has a built-in USB interface, you can also use USB to decode DSD and PCM music files. DSD supports 22.5MHz, while PCM is 32bit/768kHz, which has reached the current high standards in the industry. In order to enhance the music playback effect of K-01Xs and computer connection, the original factory also provides Esoteric HR Audio Player software, allowing you to play in the two worlds of physical SACD and digital files without hindrance.
Equipment specifications
Type: SACD/CD turntable
Laser reading mechanism: VRDS-NEO mechanical structure
Analog output terminal: balanced XLR× 1, unbalanced RCA×1
Frequency response: 5Hz-55 kHz
Total harmonic distortion: 0.0008%
Digital output terminal: XLR× 1, RCA coaxial×1
Digital input terminal: optical fiber, RCA coaxial, USB
Synchronous frequency input terminal: BNC×1(44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192kHz. 10, 22.5792, 24.576MHz)
Size: 445×162×438mm(width× high× deep)
Weight: 31 kg