Product Details
Designed as the ultimate source component, the Red Reference utilises groundbreaking technology to give the most accurate compact disc reproduction possible. Its stunning looks paired with state-of-the-art design makes the Reference a machine to behold.Externally, the Red Reference’s front panel design incorporates ball-bearing push buttons for the commonly used functions and a dual display showing CD status on one side and input, buffer and frequency information on the other. At the rear, connections are made via gold-plated phono or BNC coax, plastic optical fibre or balanced XLR-style connections.
Inside, the transport is a Philips CD Pro 2 powered by a switch-mode power supply that has its own AC filter. It is re-clocked using a highly accurate crystal oscillator before the data is fed to the upsampling and filtering electronics.
The digital signal is converted from 176.4KHz to analogue audio using 1024 tap filtering and a 64-bit digital signal processing core. This is followed by 64-bit seventh order noise shaping, 2048 times oversampling rates and improved pulse width modulated elements. The result is unprecedented low-level detail resolution.
The DAC features selectable RAM buffer technology that sequentially takes in all the data, re-times it and then sends it out giving jitter-free operation. Digital data from other sources can also be fed into the Red via the optical or AES balanced XLR connections.
With its bullet-proof design, jaw-dropping looks and sublime sound, the Chord Red Reference has a strong case for being the best CD player in the world.
Product Specification
- Harmonic Distortion: < -98 dB (1kHz, 24-Bit @ 44.1KHz Sample Frequency)
- Signal to Noise: -> 110dB
- Channel Separation: > 110dB @ 1KHz (> 100dB @ 22KHz)
- Switchable Digital Inputs: 1 x AES Balanced XLR Input, 1 x Plastic Optical Fibre (TOSLink)
- Digital Outputs: 1 x BNC Coax, 1 x Plastic Optical Fibre (TOSLink)
- 2 x AES Balanced XLR (Can be configured for dual data 176.4KHz)
- Analogue Outputs: 2 X RCA Phono, 2 X Balanced XLR
- Switchable Ram Buffer: Position 1 – No Buffering, Position 2 – Minimum Buffering, Position 3 – Maximum Buffering
- Word Clock Input: 44.1KHz Word Clock Synchronisation via BNC input
- Sample Frequency: 32KHz – 176.4KHz
- Output: Max 6V rms balanced, 3V rms unbalanced
- Dimensions (mm): 420 x 140 x 325mm (Width x Height x Depth)
- Weight: 14kg
- Colour: Silver
- Located: Glasgow Audio
- More information on the Chord Red Reference can be found here