ORACLE CD2500 MKII (£ 10,000)

摘要

Supporting a high quality Philips CD-Pro II linear-tracking mechanism atop one of Oracle's instantly-recognisable four-point suspensions makes for an inspired piece of industrial design, but the technical performance is largely determined by other factors. These include the choice of Crystal's CS4390 DAC, a venerable 24-bit/48kHz performer from over a decade ago. Oracle uses an outboard DC power supply of its own design, connected to the CD2500 Mkll via an umbilical, and this helps keep any breakthrough of 50/100Hz noise - either on the noise floor or jitter spectrum - to a minimum.