Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product K-03 Esoteric
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New Product Information INTRODUCTION ESOTERIC releases the K-01, the flagship model of our all-in -o ne advanced D/A converter and Super Audio CD/CD pla yer series, capitalizing on ESOTERIC’s st ate-of-the-art technology and deriv ed from our award winning P-01/D-01 series separates.
FEATURES V RDS-NEO “VM K -3.5-10” transp ort mechanism ESOTERIC’s proprie tary VRDS-NEO transport mechanism uses a high-pr ecision turntab le for spinning S uper Audio CD/CD discs, im proving read precision by mechanically correcting for surface run-out .
V CXO high-p recision clock A newly desi gned high-precisio n clock is implemented to achieve the highest lev el of sound quality for an all-in-o ne digital play er. A VCXO (voltage controlled crystal oscillat or) of +/- 0.5 ppm (*2) tha t uses a larg e crystal is deployed in t he K-03, w hich is very adv antageous for adv anced sound qual ity.
SPECIFICATIONS Compatible disc types Super Audio CD, CD (CD-R/CD-RW compatible) XLR jacks (2 channel) x 1 Jacks RCA jacks (2 channel) x 1 XLR: 100 ohms Output impedance RCA: 47 ohms Maximum output level XLR (Gain: 0 dB): 2.45 Vrms (1 kHz, full sca le, 10 k ohms) RCA: 2.
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