Orpheus Zero D - CD Driver
The elegantly designed Orpheus Zero features a sleek, brushed aluminium exterior to match Orpheus’ pre- and power amplifiers and DAC. It is a reference level compact disc transport (Orpheus Zero CD Drive) or integrated digital source (Orpheus CD Player) designed to deliver pristine, high quality compact disc audio.
Designed to fit a single rack unit (482 x 370 x 44 mm), each Orpheus component employs an ultra-compact signal path layout for significant gains in audio performance.
In keeping with Orpheus’ subtle styling, the basic black chassis and natural brushed aluminium front panel lend a sense of timeless, understated elegance to any contemporary home interior. Their modest dimensions make it easy for the proud owner to choose uncompromising High End performance and uncompromising style.
The blue dot-matrix display features large characters to ensure increased readability and an input naming function that allows the owner to customize names up to ten characters long for each source component.
The display has five user-selectable levels of illumination from full brightness to OFF.
In Night Mode, the display can be programmed to illuminate briefly to acknowledge reception of a command whenever a button on the front panel or remote is pressed before turning off again.
In conjunction with the front panel display, Orpheus’ specially developed menu navigation system becomes an ingenious communications centre for efficient, intuitive control with minimal fuss.
The distinctive, engraved aluminium sliding door highlights the Orpheus logo. Fully isolated from the chassis, the door is mounted to the moulded aluminium drive carrier for effective isolation from vibration. The CD well can be illuminated when open to assist in inserting or removing a disc.
A phase inverter (0°, 180°) allows the listener to compensate for phase inversion elsewhere in the system or in the recording itself.
Orpheus Zero incorporates a full set of practical features for convenience and ease of use. In addition to Repeat mode (one track or all tracks) and Time display (track elapsed time, track remaining time, disc elapsed time or disc remaining time), Key Repeat rate allows you to send a command multiple times with a single press of a button instead of having to press repeatedly.
The comprehensive functionality of the Orpheus Zero CD Drive is enhanced in the Zero CD Player which adds onboard, high-resolution digital-to-analogue conversion with balanced analogue output via precision-tooled XLR connectors and single-ended analogue output via high-quality phono sockets.
With 100 dB dynamic range and phenomenally low levels of residual noise and harmonic distortion, Orpheus Zero delivers a stunning level of performance from compact disc to rival the so-called high-resolution digital formats. Let Orpheus Zero show you how good CD can be.
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