The dCS Scarlatti Upsampling CD/SACD Transport

We are looking to move on our Scarlatti Transport, it is 15 months, in pristine condition, complete with all packing, an unused Pronto and full warranty. Priced at £13999.00.

Well first and foremost this is the greatest CD Transport we have ever heard bar none.

Combined with the dCS Scarlatti Upsampler, dCS Scarlatti DAC and Scarlatti Master Clock the performance beggars belief. It takes CD as a format further than we thought possible.

Combined with appropriate amplification, speakers, support and cabling the Scarlatti raises the bar sky high.

This is pretty much on permanent demonstration in-store and we love it. If you are one of the lucky few who are in a position to purchase such an stunning product why not arrange a demonstration.....you will not be disappointed.

More will follow in due course when our dCS Rough Guide appears.

A little bit from dCS

Our design philosophy in building Scarlatti was to use our 21 years of experience to deliver the best digital playback components in the business without compromise. For people who are serious about their music, the natural realism delivered by Scarlatti is like no other system on the planet.

Scarlatti Transport uses the TEAC Esoteric VRDS NeoTM mechanism which provides a brushless motor with heavy flywheel for stable disc rotation and super rigid construction. All signal processing and electronics in the transport is dCS.

Scarlatti Transport features a IEEE 1394 Firewire link which outputs dCS -encrypted DSD (1 bit data at the rate of 2.822MS/s) to a dCS DAC from CD or SACD.

Scarlatti Transport upsamples CD data to DSD and transmits the data over the 1394 interface. SACDs are played in their native DSD format, again over the IEEE 1394 interface. Native CD data is available from 7 PCM outputs (2x AES/EBU and 4x SPDIF, 1x SDIF-2), as is down-sampled SACD data.

Scarlatti Transport is intended to be used with the matching Scarlatti DAC or with any suitable industry standard DAC. The unit may be run in Master mode or by using the DAC as the system clock. Performance will be enhanced further by adding the Scarlatti Master Clock to the system.

All of the Scarlatti products benefit from our 'soft' approach to programmable logic which allows new software to be loaded from a dCS update CD to add new features and adapt to changes in digital formats.

• Scarlatti Transport upsamples Red Book CDs to DSD format and plays SACDs in their native format.
• All dCS products use a sophisticated multi-mode phase locked loop (PLL), which significantly reduces clock jitter.
• Faster, 100% accurate DSPs (within the bounds of their resolution) give improved filters revealing yet more fine detail.
• Higher capacity FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) give more logic capacity and increase the scope for additional features and enhancements.
• Improved power supplies give lower running temperature and increased tolerance to AC supply variations.
• 16-bit micro-controller for a generally improved control system.
• Aero grade aluminium chassis and laminated acoustic damping panels, reduce magnetic effects and vibration.
• The Scarlatti range features a low-power LCD display that makes the user interface easier to read, keeps the power requirements down and minimizes electrical noise.
• Our 'soft' approach to programmable logic allows dCS products to adapt to changes in digital formats and add new features.
• Scarlatti Transport uses Teac VRDS NEOTM mechanism featuring brushless motor with heavy flywheel for stable disc rotation and super rigid construction.