Using one of Vitus Audio’s favourite turntables with their Masterpiece MP-P201 phono stage as a reference point, the creation of the Vitus Audio SCD-025 Mk.II was all about creating the very best analogue sound from a digital source. Simply put, the design team wanted to create a more ‘musical’ CD player than anything else available on the market.

What has transpired from our painstaking research and development is a component that exceeds expectation. Much more than just a CD player, with USB, AES/EBU and S/PDIF inputs, the Vitus Audio SCD-025 MkII CD Player can act as the digital source of truth in your setup.

We chose the Philips CD Pro 2 LF drive and stripped it back to its basic mechanical and electronic parts before rebuilding it to meet our requirements. This greatly reduces errors reading disc information and taking a burden off of the error correction system within the drive.

We use sample rate conversion to minimise jitter achieving a sample rate of 384kHz thanks to the Engineered Q8 sample rate converter module.

The analogue stage is taken directly from our amplifiers and special attention was paid to the PSU which is split into four separate supplies. One for the drive, one for the digital stage and two (left and right) for the analogue stage. This is immensely important in lowering the noise floor and producing our famed black backgrounds. The SCD-025 Mk.II brings truly musical performance to the digital domain.

The Vitus Audio SCD-025 MkII CD Player comes in Pure White, Jet Black or Warm Silver as standard. Titanium Orange, Dark Champagne and Titanium Grey are our most popular unique finishes.

Technical Specifcations: 

RCA Outputs: 1 Pair
XLR Outputs: 1 Pair
Impedance: 80kΩ
Frequency Response: +800kHz
Signal to noise ratio: >110dB
THD + noise: <0.01%
Drive mechanism: Philips CD Pro 2LF (significantly modified by VA)
Master clock: 24.576 MHz +/- 5 ppm
Sample rate converter: Engineered Q8
DAC: 2x AD1955 – mono mode
USB B Digital Audio Output: Sample rate – 384kHz + DSD128, Resolution – 24bit
AES/EBU (XLR) Digital Audio Input: Impedance – 75Ω, Sample rate – 192kHz, Resolution – 24bit
S/PDIF (RCA) Digital Audio Intput: Impedance – 110Ω, Sample rate – 192kHz, Resolution – 24bit
AES/EBU (XLR) Digital Audio Output: Sample rate – 192kHz, Resolution – 24bit
S/PDIF (RCA) Digital Audio Output: Sample rate – 192kHz, Resolution – 24bit
Power Consumption: Standby – <1W, Operation – 45W
Dimensions (W x H x D): 435 x 135 x 428mm
Weight: 26kg
Material: Aluminium for body parts and hidden heat sinks