Halo CD 1 vs Hegel Viking
The Viking's signal-to-noise is 109.8 dB against the Halo CD 1's 108 dB, its thd 0.002% against 0.060%, its weight 7.3 kg (16 lbs) against 8.16 kg (18 lbs), and its height 99 mm against 104 mm.
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About the Halo CD 1
The Parasound Halo CD 1 is a high-end Red Book CD player and CD transport with an integrated Analog Devices AD1853 DAC. Its slot-loading CD-ROM drive reads discs at four times normal speed, while Holm Acoustics processing uses repeated reads, buffering, and error correction to reduce read errors and jitter. The player upsamples 44.1 kHz CD data to 352.8 kHz using 8x interpolation. It provides selectable analog output stages, including a low-noise op-amp stage and a discrete transistor stage, along with balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA analog outputs. Digital outputs are provided through BNC, coaxial, and optical connectors, allowing use with an external DAC. The extensively shielded aluminum chassis incorporates separate power supplies for the analog and digital sections. The Halo CD 1 is a CD player, not a general-purpose DAC: it has no digital inputs.
Specifications
Digital Audio
DAC capabilities and digital audio processing
- DAC Chip
- Analog Devices AD1853
Analog Output
Analog signal output specifications
- THD
- 0.060%
- SNR
- 108 dB
Connectivity
Input and output connections
- Bluetooth
- No
- Wi-Fi
- No
- Ethernet
- No
- Analog Inputs
- RCA
- Digital Outputs
- S/PDIF via 75-ohm BNC, coaxial, optical
- Analog Outputs
- XLR
Physical Dimensions
Size, weight, and appearance
- Dimensions
- 438 × 104 × 349 mm (W × H × D)
- Weight
- 8.16 kg (18 lbs)
- Available Colors
- Traditional silver, all black
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