If you wish to stream music from the Internet, listen to
high-resolution music from a computer, satellite receiver or TV, or play
CDs at the highest quality, the EVOLUTION 100CD is the
product for you. Its, highly flexible, digital pre-amplifier easily
switches between any of these sources and can remotely control the
output volume, in the digital domain.
With multiple digital inputs and outputs, the EVOLUTION 100CD is one of the most well equipped and seriously high-end DAC products on the market, despite its competitive price.
The EVOLUTION 100CD is a high-end DAC, with built-in
CD transport and not just a CD Player. It can accept a total of seven
digital sources, including Bluetooth. It also has two digital outputs
and a custom Creek RC bus to extend the Infra-Red Sensor or synchronise
it with its matching amplifier.
To fully realise the potential sonic benefits of streaming
hi-resolution 24/192 music files from a computer, asynchronous USB 2
support is vital. The EVOLUTION 100CD circuitry works
with various computer platforms but requires a custom ASIO driver to
enable it to work with PCs. The ASIO and USB 2 driver can both be
downloaded from this webpage.
The highest quality audio output is available via balanced or
un-balanced sockets for maximum flexibility. Balanced outputs are
recommended if long interconnects are needed. After extensive listening
tests, Creek Audio’s staff selected the best sounding output circuitry
before finalising the design. Un-balanced outputs are via heavy duty
gold plated, solid RCA sockets.
If discreet headphone listening is required, there is a built-in high
performance headphone amplifier capable of driving most types of
headphones, (8 to 2k Ohms recommended range). Volume is adjustable from
the front panel or by remote control.
To maintain top performance, the custom CDM-1 slot-drive CD transport
is clocked by a separate, extremely accurate ultra-low jitter,
master-clock, situated right next to the DAC for bit-perfect
performance.
The EVOLUTION 100CD uses a powerful 30 Watt toroidal
mains transformer to maintain a low magnetic field and excellent noise
performance. It features three separate windings, to power its analogue
and digital circuitry and custom CD transport. Multiple low-impedance
power supply capacitors and voltage regulators are used to optimise the
power supplies’ performance. Organic polymer capacitors are used to
decouple critical analogue and digital circuits and high-grade WIMA
polypropylene capacitors are used in the output filters.
To optimise its performance, the EVOLUTION 100CD
uses two top-of-the-range 24 Bit 192 kHz stereo DACs, running in double
differential mode, to improve the cancellation of distortion and noise.
A multiple frequency, low-jitter, clock optimises the performance of
the DAC at all sample rates. A completely independent clock maintains
bit-perfect performance for Compact Disc.
Cosmetically the EVOLUTION 100CD is similar to the EVOLUTION 50A and EVOLUTION 100A
integrated amplifiers; its slim case and luxurious front panel is
finished in either black or silver brushed aluminium and deeply
engraved. Also, like the matching amp, the EVOLUTION 100CD’s
soft touch push buttons have excellent tactile feel. Each button is
backlit to clearly display usable functions, for optimum
user-friendliness.
All Creek EVOLUTION products now feature large OLED
(Organic Light Emitting Diode) displays, providing higher clarity and
resolution than other technologies. Display and button brightness levels
can be adjusted or turned-off, via the remote handset.
The EVO system remote handset controls all the functions of the
EVOLUTION range, including the Amp, CD/DAC, Ambit Tuner and Ruby DAC.
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