Esoteric P02-X Transport...

[Masterlu]

Originally Posted by PlanarSpeakerFan

Hi Ivan,

What is the USA MSRP for the P-02X and D-02X?

Thanks,
Ken

Ken... $20k each.

[PlanarSpeakerFan]

Cool... Thanks Ivan!

Ken

[rnrmf1971]

Originally Posted by djwhog

It is a tray

VRDS-NEO "VMK-3.5-20S" transport mechanism
The P-02 is equipped with the Esoteric-original VRDS-NEO "VMK-3.5-20S" transport mechanism. This mechanism enhances readout accuracy by using a high-precision turntable and by correcting the “wobbling effect” of the disc during rotation. The disc tray loader is provided with a shutter mechanism to further reduce vibration, exterior resonance and airborne particles from entering the system.
The VRDS-NEO "VMK-3.5-20S" transport mechanism uses a pair of ceramic ball bearings in the spindle shaft bearing assembly. The P-02 has adopted a duralumin turntable with micron-level accuracy and a 20mm-thick steel turntable bridge assembly to achieve a total weight of 5.2kg. The P-02 has a well proven mechanism, including a strong neodymium-magnet-driven coreless, three-phase brushless spindle motor; thread feed control (Which evolved from the concept of the P-0 series); and an optical pick up a with sliding-shaft structure that assures that the laser beam is always irradiated at right angles to the disc.
Spindle servo driver circuit "VS-DD"
The P-02 has adopted a new discrete amplifier circuit called "VS-DD (VRDS Spindle Discrete Driver)" for driving the spindle motor, which forms the core of the VRDS-NEO mechanism. A dedicated toroidal core power supply unit optimizes power supply output to the motors, achieving both a very smooth and highly precise servo control and spindle drive operation. Furthermore, a dedicated, separate power supply is used for high-power consuming spindle motors to improve the stability of digital audio circuits and to further isolate any potential for noise.
Various digital output terminals
The P-02 transport is equipped with output terminals of three types and five channels (XLR x2, coaxial x1, iLINK 4p/6p x1 each), including an ES-LINK3 compliant dual XLR terminal for user connections to a wide range of external equipment.
Aluminum body and leather-finish remote control as standard features.
Blue illumination adds a striking appearance to the sharp display
The front panel is provided with an indicator lamp that lights up when a disc is inserted in the unit. The striking blue illumination, matches the design surrounding the elegant and sharp display, making the high-precision operations of the tray and electronic shutter mechanism more attractive.

New ES-LINK3 that enables broadband transmission The P-02 and D-02 have support for Esoteric's original transmission format "ES-LINK3" and can perform a maximum 48-bit/176.4kHz broadband PCM digital transmission (*1) using two XLR cables. These models also have support for "Dual AES 8Fs" standard (maximum 24-bit/352.8kHz) (*2). These models can perform conventional Direct Stream Digital (DSD) transmission and direct DSD-to-analog conversion processing for Super Audio CD (SACD) playback. *1 The D-02 can handle inputs of signals up to 48-bit/192kHz.
*2 The D-02 can handle inputs of signals up to 24-bit/384kHz. 35-bit D/A processing (patent pending). The D-02 applies a "35-bit D/A processing (patent pending)" algorithm that converts PCM signals to analog signals at a high resolution of 35 bits by combining several 32-bit DAC devices. This process enhances the reproduction of analog waveforms by implementing even finer bit gradation. The D-02 not only copes with future increases in the number of bits of the digital source, it can also perform accurate analog conversion by taking full advantage of gradation of the data transmitted via ES-LINK3, and high-bit data (32 bits and higher), obtained by internal operation processing. In comparison with the resolution of 24-bit encoding, 32-bit encoding can theoretically have a resolution that is 256 times higher. Therefore, 35-bit encoding has incredibly high resolution, which is 8 times higher than the resolution of 32-bit encoding (2,048 times higher than the resolution of 24-bit encoding). The final analog output signal has both a very delicate and smooth sound quality with high resolution, and a distinctive power of expression, even for extremely small signal levels.

When I read this the other day, I was a bit perplexed as nothing there looked new in these specs.
The above specs are, in fact, the specs from the outgoing series, NOT the P02X/D02X which having updated specs and 36 bit D/A processing.

[Masterlu]

Originally Posted by rnrmf1971

When I read this the other day, I was a bit perplexed as nothing there looked new in these specs.
The above specs are, in fact, the specs from the outgoing series, NOT the P02X/D02X which having updated specs and 36 bit D/A processing.

Christian... you are correct, I already informed Esoteric.