The core of the PDT 3100 HV is the new, modern decoder / disc mechanism, which we have developed specifically for audio applications. It features the latest processors, lasers, high-performance motors and other components, all designed to provide the optimal conditions for perfect, error-free disc reading characteristics. This unit is fully shielded, and housed in a very substantial aluminum case machined from solid aluminum, designed to prevent any form of interaction between the moving
parts of the mechanism and the remainder of the player. This entire disc mechanism block is mounted on just two close-tolerance linear bearings, which in turn are suspended from a thick carrier plate; the latter is fixed to the central case plate at only three points. This design ensures that the whole mechanism is completely isolated from the heavy external housing.
Specifications
Double laser system:
SACD: 650 nm
CD: 785 nm
Double GaAlAs laser system
SACD: 2 Hz - 44 kHz / 110 dB
Remote control F 3100
CD stabilizer
IPA bus cable
Reviews
SD 3100 HV, P 3100 HV, PDT 3100 HV
If you can afford the prices, and are looking for world-class SACD/CD, and high-resolution streaming of online and NAS-based sources, then you simply must give the T+A HV line a careful look. You won't be disappointed...guaranteed.
NASZYM ZDANIEM
Nie mam zadnych watpliwosci, ze zestaw T+A składajacy you to transportu CD/SACD PDT 3100 HV and przetwornika SDV 3100HV to each of the najbardziej wszechstronnych i najnowoczesniejszych, ale i najlepiej brzmiacych zródeł cyfrowych, jakie mozna dzis kupic. Nie wyobrazam sobie, by mozna było nie docenic tego, z jak fantasticcznym połaczeniem własciwie wszystkich pozadanych przez miłosników muzyki i audiofilów cech, mamy tu do czynienia. Mozna you pokusic o stwierdzenie, ze ten dzielony odtwarzacz bardziej traffici w gusta osób preferujacych gesture, niezwykle bogate i muzykalne brzmienie, but never since you zaprzeczyc, ze dorzuca do tego znakomita rozdzielczosc, ze gra w czysty, uporzadkowany i bardzo energeticzny sposób. How much do you want to drink? Jak dla mnie – niczego!
Brain meets heart.
The SDV 3100 HV streamer-converter-preamplifier deserves a top spot on the wish list of any music lover who can even remotely afford such a price range. The same, of course, applies to the PDT 3100 HV reference CD/SACD transport, whose purebred Sony audio SACD drive makes a remarkable contribution to the combined performance of the T+A components. At T+A, it's not just the theory that works, but also the practice. And how!
This stunning piece of mechanical and electrical engineering will most likely be partnered with T+A's SDV 3100 HV DAC. But with every type of digital output on its rear panel, the PDT will work with any DAC. The custom CD/SACD transport is built around a massive, high-precision, all-metal disc mechanism designed and built by T+A (as is the control circuitry and software). Touch the front panel's “open” button and the tray silently glides out. This is by far the smoothest and quietest transport RH has encountered. When it is connected by a proprietary link to T+A's SDV 3100HV, the sound quality from CD and, especially, SACD is spectacularly great. The PDT 3100 HV is a joy to use, built beautifully, and sounds terrific.
The pinnacle
Beautifully built, highly capable, feature-loaded, and a joy to use, T+A's SDV 3100 HV DAC and PDT 3100 HV CD/SACD transport are at the pinnacle of digital's ascent from the early CD players to today's highly sophisticated machines. The vast array of formats accessible by the SDV, coupled with the superb user interface, opens up a vista of musical discoveries. The SDV 3100 HV and PDT 3100 HV exemplify the stunning transformation of the CD player into a highly sophisticated multi-format platform. In my view, there is no better way to exploit today’s vast array of options for accessing and enjoying digital music than via this T+A duo.
T+A PDT/SDV 3100 HV
Towering in every sense, this T+A digital pairing is both a massive engineering achievement and a fabulously refined way to bring together the two worlds of physical media and file-based / streaming music. It's as future proofed as you might hope for, and while not exactly red in tooth and claw, it transcends mere sonic firework by reproducing the most bombastic musical event with unmistakable style.
Committed to perfection this monumental CD/SACD drive is likely to outlive its owner: The most massive drive drawer in HiFi history, combined with absolute high-end electronics and a special HD interface, simply results in the best CD/SACD drive in the world.
A leap to the top: A CD/SACD drive like the proverbial rock in the Bandung Mountains. This drive, literally crafted from a solid block of metal, impresses with its precision and composure, resulting in a strikingly clean, clear, and three-dimensional soundstage with extreme resolution, yet completely effortless ease and authority. When paired with the SDV 3100 HV, playback benefits from the proprietary IPA-Link connection, which also transmits SACD data.
