The Well-Tempered Computer, an introduction to computer audio

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Soulution 540 "entry" level CD/SACD player processor

Soulution of Switzerland will announce its entry-level CD/SACD player at CES2011 on January 6th.  When Soulution says "entry", it's still $30,000 (whew!).  Soulution's amplifiers are the new The Absolute Sound's darling.  I can only tell from a recent local dealer launch of the 540's bigger brothers, the 745, it is absolutely gorgeous!




Features
  • Teac Esoteric UMK-5 (VRDS neo) transport mechanism
  • Plays CDs and SACDs
  • Up-sampling to 24/192kHz
  • Digital inputs and outputs (AES/EBU, Coaxial, Toslink)
  • USB input (24/96 only)
  • Balanced and RCA analog output
  • Dual discrete current to voltage converters per channel
  • Digital volume control