CD/SACD-проигрыватели и транспорты — ToneWinner TY-1CD

The TY-1CD is a CD player from Tone Winner, the Guangzhou manufacturer that has designed and built audio products for more than 30 years. Its chassis combines a dull-polished silver aluminium centre with brushed black aluminium sides. It reads commercial CD, HDCD, CD-R and CD-RW, the CD layer of hybrid SACDs, and MP3 and WMA discs, and it offers both analogue and digital outputs.

Key specs that matter

An ESS ES9028 DAC handles conversion at up to 32-bit/384 kHz, followed by OPA1632 and OPA1612 operational amplifiers in the output stage. Reference output is 2 V (+/-1 dB at 1 kHz), THD is 0.002% or lower, signal-to-noise is 110 dB or better (A-weighted), crosstalk is at least 105 dB and channel imbalance no more than 1 dB. Frequency response is 20 Hz to 20 kHz (+0/-1 dB). Analogue outputs comprise one balanced XLR pair and two RCA pairs, and digital outputs include coaxial and optical. The player weighs 10.75 kg.

Engineering and use context

The player uses a custom mechanism selected and tested by Tone Winner, mounted in an anti-vibration chassis that reduces stress on the laser pickup and improves reading accuracy. The internal layout places the disc drive, power supply and D/A converter in separate shielded chambers, keeping interference and vibration from the mechanism and transformer away from the conversion circuit. The power supply is linear, built around a 50 W toroidal transformer, with separate supply lines for the digital and analogue sections and ELNA filter and coupling capacitors. The OPA1632 is a fully differential operational amplifier, which suits the balanced output and helps keep noise and distortion low. The three analogue outputs let the player feed two systems or a preamplifier and a separate recorder at the same time, and the digital outputs allow an external DAC to take over conversion. The display and the full-size remote control the usual transport functions, and the player runs from a 220 V to 240 V mains supply.

Pairing

The standard output level matches any integrated amplifier or preamplifier. Tone Winner's own AD-series integrated amplifiers share the same aluminium styling and suit a matched system. Owners with a separate DAC can use the TY-1CD as a transport through its coaxial or optical output.

Alternatives

Tone Winner's TY-1CDPRO upgrades the same concept with an ES9038 DAC, AES/EBU output and a magnetic levitation disc mechanism.