{"id":173165,"date":"2023-10-24T12:42:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T11:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=173165"},"modified":"2023-10-24T12:42:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T11:42:46","slug":"smsl-pl200-top-loading-cd-player-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/smsl-pl200-top-loading-cd-player-released\/","title":{"rendered":"SMSL PL200: Top Loading CD Player released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SMSL\u00a0has released a new CD player,\u00a0the PL200\u00a0, which features top loading optical media\u00a0.\u00a0The necessary stability when rotating the disk is ensured by a small amount of pressure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/142_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The digital-to-analog conversion unit in the model is built on the\u00a0AK4499EX\u00a0chipset from\u00a0Asahi Kasei\u00a0, which provides a maximum signal-to-noise ratio of up to -132 dB at the balanced output.\u00a0The player is equipped with a transport from Philips, the reliable operation of which is ensured by the proprietary\u00a0PASS\u00a0servo system and four dampers specially designed for this model.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/143_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The player has, in addition to optical and coaxial digital outputs and balanced and unbalanced linear analog outputs, also a separate headphone output with a power of\u00a01000 mW\u00a0at 32 Ohms.\u00a0Also on board there is a Bluetooth adapter with support for\u00a0LDAC\u00a0and\u00a0aptX HD\u00a0codecs , plus a\u00a0USB-C\u00a0port , which can accept a 32-bit \/ 768 kHz PCM signal, DSD512 stream and MQA-CD files.\u00a0The player has compact dimensions of\u00a0200 x 42 x 175 mm\u00a0and weighs\u00a01.7 kg\u00a0.\u00a0The package includes a remote control and a USB-C cable.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/144_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The SMSL PL200\u00a0CD player\u00a0is now available to order online with a retail price starting at\u00a0$669<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMSL\u00a0has released a new CD player,\u00a0the PL200\u00a0, which features top loading optical media\u00a0.\u00a0The necessary stability when rotating the disk is ensured by a small amount of pressure. The digital-to-analog conversion unit in the model is built on the\u00a0AK4499EX\u00a0chipset from\u00a0Asahi Kasei\u00a0, which provides a maximum signal-to-noise ratio of up to -132 dB at the balanced output.\u00a0The [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/smsl-pl200-top-loading-cd-player-released\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":173170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-173165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}