SW1X CDP III Complete DAC Player

CDP III DAC & Digital Source Player/Streamer

SW1X Audio Design™ CDP III

Performance Level 3

Complete DAC Player & Streamer

CDP III = DAC III + VDT I/2 Transport & Streamer

CDP is short for Complete DAC Player. Similar to a CD Player, CDP is a Single-Ended (SE) version of a SW1X DAC with a VDT Digital Player/Streamer housed in one chassis.

This is a harmonically matched solution for those who are looking to maximise the musical and analogue characteristics of SW1X digital source without the hassle of mismatch stemming from multiple chassis products.

Everything is designed to be UPnP & DLNA ready- just connect & discover the device on your network & control the playback of your music media via touch screen or another device.

SW1X Audio Design™ CDP III Complete DAC Player Features:

DAC III Section

Pure NOS (Non oversampling – zero digital domain filtering) Design
Selected and Harmonically Matched Component & Material Quality
Anode Follower, Zero Negative Feedback, Single Ended, Class A, RC (resistive loaded, capacitive de-coupled) Valve Amplification Topology
6N6P Double Triode Valve Output Stage
Directly Heated 5Y3 (SE version) Valve rectified CLC (choke filtered) Power Supply
Active I/V conversion via a single specially selected transistor (with less than 10 Ohm input impedance) with the shortest signal path directly connected to the tube grid
Circuit is wired with of a specially selected copper (single strand or Litz)
Discrete Transistor Shunt Voltage Regulated Power Supplies for the TDA1541, SPDIF receiver and active I/V conversion
3 (4 x on VSB version) x EI core Mains Transformers & 2 x Chokes

Specially Selected and Harmonically Matched Component & Material Quality

M6 grain orient EI core Mains Transformers & Chokes (SE version)
Black Gate de-coupling Capacitors for TDA1541 DAC (SE version)
AN Copper Foil Signal Output de-coupling Capacitors
Internally wired exclusively with our SW1X Magnum, Genesis and Opus conductors of various geometry (single strand or Litz)
AB 2W non-magnetic Carbon film Resistors (SE version)

Tube Compliment: 1 x 6X5 (5Y3 SPX Version), 1 x 6N6P, 1 x E180F, 1 x EAA91

VDT Digital Transport Section

Discrete Transistor Master Clock
Valve Output Stage for the SPDIF signal Output
Discrete & independent Linear Power Supplies for CPU, Master Clock & Output Stages

Specially Selected and Harmonically Matched Component & Material Quality

Minimum amount of SMD components
All Capacitors, Resistors, Transfromers & Chokes are of Highest Quality as used in our DACs and Amplifiers
SW1X Audio Design™ M6 grain orient EI core Mains Transformers & Chokes (SHiB double C-core available as an option)
Internally wired exclusively with our SW1X Magnum, Genesis and Opus conductors of various geometry (single strand or Litz)
Copper Foil in Oil Signal de-coupling Capacitors
AB 2W non-magnetic Carbon film Resistors

Power Supply

Powered by 2 x audio signal grade M6 EI core Mains Transformers: 1 x Master Clock, 1 x SPDIF Output and 1 x for the CPU
Valve rectified Power Supply for the Master Clock
Valve rectified and Choke filtred Power Supply for the SPDIF signal Output Valve Output Stage
Discrete Transistor, Shunt Voltage Regulated Low Voltage Power Supplies

Audio Playback

Coaxial SPDIF Audio Output, PCM up to 192 kHz 24/32 bit
AES/EBU Audio Output, PCM up to 192 kHz 24/32 bit
USB Audio Output, PCM up to 768 kHz 32 bit

Inputs/Outputs

1 x Valve amplified SPDIF
1 x AES/EBU
1 x I2S
3 x USB 2.0
1 x RJ45 Gigabit Eithernet LAN
1 x HDMI (optional)

Operation System

Audio playback optimised Linux or ArchLinux based OS such as Volumio (standard) or similar
Supported Formats WAV, FLAC, DSD, Alac, Aac, Vorbis, Cue, Mp3 and others
UPNP DLNA Renderer with Open Home support
Supported Services Airplay via Shairport Sync, Spotify & Spotify Connect, TIDAL & TIDAL Connect, QOBUZ

User Control Interface

Web Browser or App Based

Tube Compliment: Output Stage 1 x E180F

Reviews

CDP III is available in matte Black or satin Silver front fascia

SW1X Audio Design audio products were designed for maximum performance and also to ensure compatibility with majority of audio systems. However, for maximum musical pleasure, we recommend to pair our products only with our harmonically matched system components. In order to achieve best possible results, the matching system component should ideally be on the equal performance level or alternatively within one level below or above.

Complete DAC Player CDP

Note: Due to SW1X Audio Design’s ongoing research and development process, specifications are subject to change without notice

Everything is designed to be UPnP & DLNA ready- just connect & discover the device on your network & control the playback of your music media via touch screen or another device.