Pink Faun just has finsihed developing its first CD-player. It uses a top loaded Philips CDM pro2M transport, spring mounted on a wooden subchassis, with a Ebony wood puck. Conversion is done with a special non-oversampling DAC layout using 4 DACs parallel for high linearity. The DACs are buffered by a direct coupled class A zero feedback transistor output stage (only 5 parts in the signal and without any coupling capacitors), using the best parts available, like Allen Bradley resistors, Black gate and silver mica capacitors and Pink Faun wiring.

In the power supply two large 100VA torroidal transformers are used, one for the digital and one for the analogue part. We have a seperate power supply for the transport, the controller and for the clock and DAC. Analogue part of the power supply is build dual mono. All power supplies use very wide bandwidth passive regulators. This means about 90 dB damping upto 4MHz, in comparison, normal CD supplies (yes, even in the most expensive players) do 70 dB upto 1kHz max, so almost no Hf damping, which is in fact very important in a digital device. We have specially developed our power supply for our CD-players. The whole player is lined with heatsinks at the sides to make these supplies work at optimal rate.

All the above has resulted in a very smooth, dynamic, open, and musical CD-player, with a lot of detail and space. First listener impression (shop owner, so with a lot of experience): "Best I have ever heard, a class better than a 8.500 euro player I had on stock for demo".

Click here to download the CD Player owner's manual.