SIMAUDIO MOON EQUINOX SE in Silver CD PLAYER
Simaudio Moon Equinox SE CD Player Receives The Absolute Sound 2008 Golden Ear Award!
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One of the very best CDs players ever designed for under $3000, the Simaudio Moon Equinox CD SE is based on the well-established Simaudio Moon Eclipse CD Player and the audio circuitry of both the Moon Nova CD & Moon Orion DVD Players, the Equinox SE operates with an internal up-sampling rate that features 24bit/352.8kHz processing. Intended as a companion source component for the Simaudio Moon i-3 Integrated Amplifier, The Equinox SE will provide superior performance when paired with virtually any other integrated amplifier or preamplifier available. The SE (Special Edition) version of the Equinox benefits from electronic parts with higher tolerances in several key areas of the circuit. The result is a sonic presentation devoid of nay digital artifacts. The new SE version also delivers improved low-level detail retrieval, better bass extension, a much lowered noise floor, and a non-fatiguing high-frequency presentation that need to be heard to be believed. The Equinox SE CD Player even comes with Simaudio's "best-in the-business" 10 Year Warranty! This is a serious contender for one of the world’s best-looking and best sounding designs anywhere near its price!
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“The [Equinox]SE’s sonics have improved with harmonic subtleties and greater contrasts that delve deeper into the recesses of the soundstage. And thanks to construction quality that verges on bunker-building, Simaudio continues to break ground in the areas of resonance and isolation control-innovations that can be clearly heard in a lower noise floor, greater sensitivity to microdynamics, and cleaner, smoother transients. Simaudio also has a firm handle on developing software that work: Its players react to user inputs with electrifying speed; track selections are instantaneous; and the drawer mechanism obeys commands as if it had a fighter pilot at the controls. Long-term reliability has been flawless. The Equinox couldn’t be more worthy of the Golden Ear!”
- Neil Gader, The Absolute Sound, Golden Ear Award Winner, June 2008
Significant Design Features:
• Separate digital and analog power supplies using a toroidal power transformer with seven stages of DC voltage regulation.
• Burr Brown BB1730E high-resolution 24-bit/192-kHz Digital-to-Analog Converter and 8X oversampling digital filter.
• Internal up-sampling which achieves 24-bit/352.8kHz resolution.
• Philips based transport mechanism using in-house developed control software.
• Accurate 50PPM digital clocking system.
• Advanced analog signal path using a DC servo circuit and proprietary 6dB/octave analog filter.
• Pure copper circuit board tracings with extremely low impedance characteristics.
• Separate digital and analog audio circuitry mounted on one circuit board, each with their own respective ground planes, which minimizes signal path lengths and eliminates any potential for interference and signal degradation.
• Rigid chassis construction to minimize the effects of external vibrations.
• Accurate matching of the very finest high quality electronic components in a symmetrical circuit design.
• Designed to be powered up at all times for optimal performance.
• Low operating temperature to ensure a longer than normal life expectancy.
| Type | Solid State |
| Configuration | Single-ended |
| Power Supply Transformer | 25VA |
| Power Supply Capacitance | 13,500µF |
Front Panel Controls | Stand by · Random play mode · Programming mode · Display (time modes & on/off) · Open/Close CD Drawer · Stop · Play & Pause · Previous Track · Next Track |
Front Panel Display | Track number · Time (elapsed or remaining for track or disc) · LED indicators for the following operation modes: Programming · Scan · Random · Repeat (disc and track) |
| DAC / Digital Filter | BurrBrown PCM1730E |
| Frequency Response (audible) | 20Hz - 20kHz +0/-0.2dB |
| Frequency Response (full range) | 2Hz - 72kHz +0/-3dB |
| THD @ 1kHz, 0dBFS (A-weighted) | < 0.001 % |
| IMD | < 0.003 % |
| Dynamic Range | > 110dB |
| Signal-to-noise ratio | > 109dB @ full output |
| Slew Rate | 50V/µs |
| Channel Separation | > 109dB |
| Low Level Linearity | < 1.0dB at -110dBFS |
| Stopband Attenuation | < - 82dB |
| Passband Ripple | ± 0.002dB |
| Intrinsic Jitter | < 50 picoseconds RMS |
| Analog Output - Single-ended | 1 pair RCA |
| Digital Output | S/PDIF RCA |
| Max. Analog Output @ 0dBFS | 2.0 Volts |
| Analog Output Impedance | 100 ohms |
| Digital Output Impedance S/PDIF | 75 ohms @ 0.5 Volts |
| Available Faceplate Finishes | Black and Silver |
| Standard Remote Control | Full Function |
| Optional Control | All-Aluminum Full Function |
| Power Consumption @ idle | 8 Watts |
| AC Power Requirements | 120V / 60Hz 240V / 50Hz |
| Fuse Replacement - 120V | 0.5A short slow blow |
| Fuse Replacement - 230V | 0.25A short slow blow |
| Warranty (USA & Canada) | 3 yrs - transport / 10 yrs - electronics |
| Shipping weight | 22 lbs / 10 kgs |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | 17 x 4.25 x 15 in. (43 x 11 x 38 cm.) |