The Gryphon Scorpio Upsampling CD Player (BRUGT)

Gryphon Audio Designs has an unrivalled track record for innova- tion in High End audio. In the field of CD player design, the story begins with our very first digital source component at the close of the previous millennium. The Gryphon CDP-1 CD player intro- duced the world to the sonic improvements offered by upsampling, a technology now ubiquitous in digital audio.

Refusing to rest on our laurels, the successor to the CDP-1, Gryphon Adagio, took digital musicality to the next level with asynchronous 24- bit/96 kHz sample rate conversion. After further refinement of this tech- nology in the Gryphon Mikado, the implementation of 32-bit/192 kHz upsampling in the acclaimed Gryphon Mikado Signature represented another giant leap forward, once again breaking new ground and blaz- ing a trail for others to follow.

Gryphon Scorpio will reveal more of the hidden treasures in your CD collection than any other player, “universal” or otherwise, up to and well beyond its price point. That is its sole mission.

Digital Integrity

Based on comprehensive listening sessions in the quest for the best available digital-to-analog conversion technology without regard to cost or other extraneous considerations, Gryphon Scorpio employs an Asahi Kasei Microsystems Delta-Sigma DAC from the acclaimed de- signers of the world’s finest professional A-to-D and D-to-A converters. The advanced DAC at the heart of the Gryphon Scorpio makes a major contribution to the player’s effortlessly natural rendering of a three-di- mensional soundscape with exceptional timing and razor-shape detail.

Gryphon’s pioneering upsampling technology significantly reduces filter demands on the analogue side of the D/A converter by shifting the spectrum of quantization noise (aliasing) up and away from the range in which it is most detrimental, so that the upper corner frequency of the digital anti-aliasing filter is more than four times that of the standard 44.1 kHz sample rate.

Gryphon Scorpio executes the filter function benignly in the digital domain by employing asynchronous 32-bit/192 kHz sample rate con- version originally introduced in the digital reference standard Gryphon

Mikado Signature to ensure greater resolution of fine detail, sharper image focus and extended high-frequency response.

The fine, European transport mechanism is specially constructed for silent running and effective vibration damping. The stylish feel and look of the sandblasted, anodised aluminium disc tray conveys the reli- ability and stability of this rock-steady, precisely calibrated mechanism.

The fit and finish of the Gryphon Scorpio is classic Gryphon in its subdued elegance and timeless beauty.