One unit 1.4 million yen, ultra-luxury CD player "K-01" reaching the hands will not arrive to sale

"Higher quality audio equipment" such as amplifiers and speakers that will also cost 100,000 yen or 200,000 yen per item is an item that boasts a popular booth for home electronics mass merchandisers, but it is a popular figure of 1.4 million yen per person The ultra-high-end CD player "K-01" of pricing setting which can not reach reached at all has appeared.

For those who do not know the reason for such price setting, it is no longer a product that can not help but be divided as "it is such a high-end audio equipment", but what kind of model is it?

Details are as below.
ESOTERIC COMPANY / Esoteric Corporation

According to the official page of the high-end audio equipment brand "ESOTERIC" of the audio maker "TEAC", we will launch a totally new integrated CD player "K-01" that has introduced all of the company's expertise in mechatronics technology and advanced audio technology, It is said to be released in late. The price is 1,470,000 yen including tax.

"K-01" is a CD andSACD (Super Audio CD)A mechanism called "VRDS - NEO" VMK - 3.5 - 20 S "which raises the reading precision of the disk by using a high - precision turntable for the rotation of the disk and correcting the blur mechanically, and a power supply Equipped with 2 32-bit monaural D / A converters with eight independent circuits up to the part.

In addition to optimizing the power supply to each circuit block with a total of four power transformers, three 192 kHz / 24 bit digital inputs corresponding to the state-of-the-art high sampling digital source are equipped. We developed a dedicated USB driver for connection with PC, and it has high scalability that also considers PC audio.

This is "K - 01".


front. It does not emphasize the feeling of luxury more than necessary, it is a simple design.


VRDS - NEO "VMK - 3.5 - 20 S" transport mechanism that enhances disk reading accuracy.


On the backRCA (pin jack) terminal,XLR terminal,Coaxial digital audio terminal, USB terminal, optical digital output terminal.


I opened the top board. The quantity has been introduced in a manner not to be regarded as cost, and pursuing high sound quality and functional beauty in each arrangement of each component, and that thoroughly sticking to the invisible part is injected. The weight of the main body of "K - 01" is about 31 kg ... ....


Like the main body, the remote control is a simple design.


The product information page is from the following.

ESOTERIC / Esoteric Super Audio CD / CD Player K-01 | ESOTERIC COMPANY / Esoteric Co., Ltd.

Moreover, it followed the idea of ​​"K-01"A low-priced model "K-03" will be released in late SeptemberAnd the price is 840,000 yen.

The appearance of "K - 03" looks something like this. It corresponds to CD and super audio CD as well as "K - 01".


Although I can understand that it is a very sticking out model, considering the amount of money that is required for the total amp and speaker suite for this player, it seems to be really distracting ....

By the way, there are other examples of expensive CD players, which was released in 1998LINN's "SONDEK CD 12" actually costs 2,940,000 yenIt was.