Primare DD15 – CD transport

Description

The Primare DD15 is a compact, high-performance CD transport designed for audiophiles who want to experience the highest fidelity from their CD collection. As part of Primare’s acclaimed range of CD transports, the DD15 is engineered to extract the purest digital signal from your CDs and transmit it to an external digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with exceptional accuracy, ensuring a superior listening experience. With its sleek design and versatile connectivity options, the DD15 integrates seamlessly into any high-quality audio setup.

Key Features:

1. Dedicated CD Transport:
   • Pure Digital Output:
     • The DD15 is designed exclusively as a CD transport, meaning it focuses solely on reading and outputting the digital data from your CDs with high precision. This results in an unaltered, clean digital signal that can be fed to an external DAC for optimal sound reproduction.
   • High-Precision Digital Reading:
     • Equipped with a high-quality CD drive mechanism, the DD15 ensures accurate reading of the digital information on your CDs, minimizing errors and jitter for the best possible audio performance.
2. Multiple Digital Output Options:
   • Versatile Connectivity:
     • The DD15 offers multiple digital output options, including optical (Toslink) and coaxial (RCA), allowing it to connect with a wide range of DACs, amplifiers, or receivers. This makes it easy to integrate into existing audio setups, ensuring compatibility with a variety of high-end systems.
   • Clean Signal Transmission:
     • The digital outputs are engineered to transmit the signal with minimal interference or degradation, ensuring that your external DAC receives the purest signal possible for accurate sound reproduction.
3. Compact and Elegant Design:
   • Minimalist Scandinavian Aesthetics:
     • The DD15 features Primare’s signature minimalist design, with a sleek and compact aluminum chassis that blends seamlessly into any audio setup. Its understated elegance ensures that it complements the look of other audio components, making it a stylish addition to your system.
   • High-Quality Build:
     • The robust aluminum construction not only provides an attractive finish but also offers excellent shielding against electromagnetic interference, ensuring that the digital signal remains clean and free from external noise.
4. Seamless Integration with Primare and Other Systems:
   • Perfect Match for Primare I15 and Other DACs:
     • The DD15 is designed to pair perfectly with Primare’s I15 integrated amplifier or other high-quality DACs, providing an easy way to add high-quality CD playback to your audio system. Its versatile output options make it compatible with a wide range of audio equipment, ensuring seamless integration.
5. Eco-Friendly Operation:
   • Low Power Consumption:
     • The DD15 is designed with energy efficiency in mind, consuming less than 0.5W in standby mode, making it an environmentally conscious choice for your audio system.

Applications:

• High-Fidelity CD Playback: Ideal for audiophiles who want to enjoy their CD collection with the highest possible fidelity, offering a pure digital signal to external DACs for exceptional sound quality.
• Upgrade Existing Audio Systems: The DD15 can be added to any high-end audio system to serve as a dedicated CD transport, providing an immediate upgrade in CD playback quality.
• Compact Audio Setups: With its slim and compact design, the DD15 is perfect for setups where space is limited but high performance is still desired.

Benefits:

• Uncompromised Sound Quality: As a dedicated CD transport, the DD15 ensures that the digital signal sent to your DAC is as accurate and clean as possible, resulting in superior audio performance.
• Versatile and Flexible: The multiple digital output options make the DD15 compatible with a wide range of DACs and audio processors, allowing it to fit seamlessly into any audio system.
• Elegant and Durable: The minimalist Scandinavian design not only looks sophisticated but also provides durability and excellent shielding against interference.

The Primare DD15 is a premium CD transport that offers outstanding performance in a compact and elegantly designed package. Its ability to deliver a pure, high-quality digital signal makes it an excellent choice for audiophiles looking to experience the full potential of their CD collection. With versatile digital output options, seamless integration with other audio components, and Primare’s signature minimalist design, the DD15 is an ideal solution for those who want to elevate their CD listening experience. Whether you’re building a new audio setup or upgrading an existing system, the Primare DD15 provides the perfect balance of performance, flexibility, and style.

Primare DD15 – Technology

DD15 is a compact CD transport providing high end digital transport capabitlites to virtually any system as a result of its dedicated low resonance slot load CD drive and low noise digital output, while its compact cabinet makes it the perfect partner for SC15 Prisma preamplifier and network player and I15 Prisma integrated amplifier and network player.

 

The look and feel of Scandinavia

We believe that every aspect of our products – the way they look, the satisfying feel of the controls – contributes to the overall experience of living with Primare. As a result, Primare products exude the hallmarks of Scandinavian design – simple, elegant designs, with approachable and easy to understand functionality.

An example of this is the compact, essentially three-quarter sized, of the 15 series, cabinets creating the sense of perfect proportions being just right for allowing placement within any living environment – or as we say lagom, not too much not too little, everything in balance, proportion, and harmony.

 

System Building

With the 15 Series, we offer a carefully considered array of models in order to allow for the best selection to fit any of your system needs. For example, the ultimate 15 Series system might be the DD15 CD transport, SC15 Prisma preamplifier and network player, I15 analog integrated amplifier, and R15 MM/MC phono preamplifier, allowing for the best performance, analog or digital, with the greatest number of connection options.

However, there may be no need for additional digital inputs, MC phono preamplification may not be requirement, or simply to address budget or size considerations, a system composed of CD15 Prisma CD and network player with an I15 MM integrated amplifier with MM15 MM phono module installed could be assembled. This compact and reasonably priced system provides multiple analog source playback, including vinyl disc, as well as digital disc, stored or streamed media playback, with remarkable power, control, and connection flexibility.

 

CD15 Prisma CD and Network Player and DD15 CD Transport

In this video we review the features and functionality of both the C15 Prisma CD player and DD15 CD transport that may make them the perfect addition to your system.

Specifications

• CD Transport Philips Slot Load
• RCA 1 digital output
• Toslink 1 digital output
• C25 remote IR system control
• IR input 3.5 mm in/out

• 12V Trigger 3.5 mm in/out
• RS232 outboard system control port
• Dimensions 350 x 73 x 329 mm with buttons and connectors
• Weight 6.6 kg
• Finishes black or titanium

Primare 15 Series System Review