Electrocompaniet EMC1 - Manual (Page 5)

Design Concept and Construction
The basic design philosophy of the EMC 1 CD transport is inspired by crucial knowledge
ported from the analogue turntable.
Principally, there is no difference between a record player and a CD player.
Both playback systems consist of: a motor, a pick-up and a tone arm. Phenomena such as
tone arm resonance’s found in analogue turntables are just as problematic in typical CD
Players.
To reduce or remove these phenomena plus other unwanted resonances,
Electrocompaniet has developed a proprietary mechanical filter, which has been frequ-
ency-adjusted by our listening panel in numerous listening tests. The mechanical filter
removes internal and external vibration components from entering the laser pick-up
assembly, resulting in a superior reproduction with tighter bass, bigger sound stage,
precision, high resolution and amazing detail.
The D/A converter is a sophisticated balanced 24-bit 96 KHz unit. Due to the higher
sampling frequency, the bandwidth is moved one octave up in frequency compared to
standard CD systems using 44,1 KHz sampling frequency.
All analogue circuits are fully balanced and symmetrical, similar to the design of our
amplifiers.
Four separate power supplies using Floating Transformer Technology (FTT) feed the digital
unit, the display, the drive mechanism and the analogue unit.