Goldmund Eidos SACD: The ultimate optical disc player

Goldmund Eidos SACD
Goldmund Eidos SACD
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The Swiss company Goldmund has introduced a new model of the Goldmund Eidos SACD optical disc player , equipped with a USB-B digital input and supporting decoding of PCM digital streams with resolutions up to 32 bit / 384 kHz and DSD up to DSD512.

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In addition, the Goldmund Eidos SACD switching arsenal includes coaxial and optical digital outputs and a balanced AES / EBU digital output, as well as analog outputs – both balanced on XLR connectors and unbalanced on RCA.

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The Goldmund Eidos SACD player is based on the D&M SACD optical disc transport, which is mounted on a proprietary chassis to eliminate vibration, resulting in the highest accuracy of reading information from the disc.

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The Goldmund Eidos SACD SACD player is offered in a silver finish and has a suggested retail price of €90,750 .

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Goldmund Eidos SACD specifications:

  • Frequency range: 10 Hz – 20 kHz, 5 Hz (-0.15 dB), 24 kHz (-0.45 dB), 48 kHz (-1.4 dB), 96 kHz (-4.3 dB)
  • Signal-to-noise ratio: >128 dB.
  • THD: <0.00018% (analog output)
  • Dynamic Range: >128 dB
  • Maximum single-ended analog output level: 2V (standard), 4V (high)
  • Maximum balanced analog output level: 4V (standard), 8V (high)
  • Supported optical disc formats: SACD / CD / CD-R / CD-RW / DVD-R /-RW/+R/+RW
  • Dimensions (W x H x D): 440 x 183 x 370 cm
  • Weight : 20.6 kg