CD Box RS2 T

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CD Box RS2 T
The CD Box RS2 T represents a huge leap forward for CD playback. While many manufacturers are moving away from the CD format, there is still a huge number of keen audiophiles who still use their existing CD collections, and require a playback device that performs to the highest technical standards. The CD Box RS2 T is a luxury transport, featuring new technologies that have not been considered by others for many years to guarantee the level of excellence that audiophiles expect from their equipment.

Built around the class-leading CD-Pro 8 mechanism from the optical division of StreamUnlimited, and developed in collaboration with Pro-Ject Audio Systems, the CD Box RS 2 T's drive alone features a high-quality aluminium chassis, carbon fibre cover and a carbon fibre turntable. The mechanism is then equipped with a SANYO HD850 OPU and internally coupled to a CD-84 servo board for maximum information retrieval and transmission. Vibration dampers are mounted on the very rigid carbon fibre chassis, and then the whole surrounding chassis is firmly connected to the body of the CD Box RS2 T for absolute rigidity and minimal vibrations. For reduced resonance, the CD Box RS2 T features a gravity design with central mass point.

The drive chassis is milled from a solid block of aluminium and engineered to hold firm in any environment. Each turntable is also lathed from steel and chrome plated. This is critical for transportation and ensures it will last a lifetime. The suspension system consists of a rigid carbon fibre plate, carbon fibre tubes, springs, silicon dampers and screws. The suspension, cover and turntable platter are made of pure carbon fibre. Everything that's gone into engineering this drive has been done to achieve absolute technical and mechanical perfection.

Once the lid is lifted and a CD placed on the spindle, the CD Box RS 2 T features an improved magnetic clamp, made of a new aluminium alloy. The clamp allows the CD to achieve a smooth rotation, perfect for accurate information retrieval of the disc for Red Book standard CDs. For absolute purity of the signal, the RS 2 T is only a transport - so there are no additional DAC electronics built into the box. Featuring optical and coaxial S/PDIF outputs, there's also a high-grade AES/EBU XLR connection option; but for absolute signal integrity there's even a proprietary I²S + Master Clock HDMI connection, for directly linking the raw digital data to the high-grade DAC in the matching Pre Box RS2 Digital.

Aside from the technical performance, the CD Box RS2 T embodies absolute pride of ownership. Finished in a high-grade black or silver aluminium with a smooth-yet-sturdy lift motion, the device is fronted with a crystal clear LCD screen that displays transport control, time, track and text info (if available). Controlled via the front panel, or using the supplied aluminium IR remote, the CD Box RS2 T is a true high-end luxury that integrates to an existing system with ease.

Why are Pro-Ject enginnering a CD transport?

Pro-Ject has always made products and investments that are not particularly mainstream. When they formed in 1991, they showed the importance of turntables when everyone else was moving to CDs. Now as CD is losing attention in a market focused on streaming audio, the Austrian company chooses to create a revolutionary new CD transport. But it's because Pro-Ject believe listening to music is made up of two parts; the music itself, and the experience. The CD Box RS2 T guarantees the musical performance, but the use of CDs and the ritual of picking and inserting the disc is an experience that is more similar to the ritual around vinyl than it is to streaming - and this is a ritual we don't want to lose from the home. That's also why music lovers around the world still have scores of CDs in their homes.

So the CD Box RS2 T features a class leading mechanism for a near-perfect CD performance; but it also respects where the hi-fi market has progressed in recent years. With the massive development of DAC technology in recent years, it is no longer essential to place conversion technology into the CD transport box, as many customers have a DAC with the exact sonic signature they like. For users who love the Pro-Ject sound, we also have the Pre Box RS2 Digital as the perfect partner to the CD Box RS2 T.

Available in silver and black.

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CD Box RS2 T

RRP: £2199.00

The CD Box RS2 T represents a huge leap forward for CD playback. While many manufacturers are moving away from the CD format, there is still a huge number of keen audiophiles who still use their existing CD collections, and require a playback device that performs to the highest technical standards. The CD Box RS2 T is a luxury transport, featuring new technologies that have not been considered by others for many years to guarantee the level of excellence that audiophiles expect from their equipment.

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The CD Box RS2 T

The CD Box RS2 T by Pro-Ject represents a huge leap forward for CD playback. While many manufacturers are moving away from the CD format, there is still a huge number of keen audiophiles who still use their existing CD collections, and require a playback device that performs to the highest technical standards.

Inputs And Outputs

Being a transport-only device, the optical and coaxial S/PDIF outputs allow connecting your favourite high-end DAC. The AES/EBU digital output over XLR goes one step beyond the quality of optical or coaxial signals and at the ultimate top, the CD Box RS2 T offers an I²S + Masterclock output over HDMI. This standard offers the perfect digital interconnect and is the ideal solution to bypass the limitations that inherently come with other forms of digital audio connections. The output options ensure, that all the care and attention that has gone into the design of the CD drive is not put to waste.

The Chassis

The massive chassis will never go out of alignment or deform under high temperatures. The cogwheels for the sledge run on precision steel axles. The chassis is milled to the highest accuracy from a solid block of aluminium and each turntable is lathed from steel and chrome plated. This is critical for transportation and ensures it will last a lifetime.

Suspension System

The suspension system consists out of a rigid carbon fiber plate, carbon fiber tubes, springs, silicon dampers and screws. The suspension, cover and turntable platter are made of 100% real carbon fibre.

The Technology

Pro-Ject are the first to use the new high-tech CD-Pro 8 drive with the Blue Tiger CD-84 servo board. The drive, chassis, suspension and servo board are new designs and offer unprecedented CD performance at this price point. In addition to this, the CD Box RS2 T plays Red Book CD-DA.

Accessories And Variations

The CD Box RS2 T comes with an aluminium IR remote included. Additionally, the device itself can be purchased in either black or silver.

Kevin Fiske , Hi-Fi Wigwam , October 2022

Project CD Box RS2T and Pre Box RS2 Digital REVIEW

"…reuniting the Project Pre DAC and CD transport, and led to the discovery, who’d have guessed it, that Project has voiced the two components very much to partner each other. Paired, they exhibit a much more even-handed tonal balance and it was as such that the rest of the evaluation was conducted."

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Andrew Everard , Gramophone , March 2020

Review: Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 T and Pre Box RS2 Digital

"Not only does it breathe new life into familiar recordings but it manages to do so without that hyper-detailed effect that makes less-than-perfect mastering jobs sound excessively raw and brittle."

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Andrew Everard , Hi-Fi News , September 2019

Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 T / Pre Box RS2 Digital

"Far from being just cute and compact, Pro-Ject’s Box Design range is now all grown up."

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Cd and pre box RS2 2019 , 2019

EISA Award Best Product 2019-2020

"Although best known for its turntables, Pro-Ject is building an enviable reputation in digital audio, too – and this two-box CD transport and DAC/preamp is its most impressive component yet. A real ground-up design, the CD Box RS2 T features a customised CD-Pro 8 transport mechanism, supported by an alloy/carbon fibre chassis and state-of-the-art disc-reading electronics."


format_quoteHenley Says...

The RS line has been around for a few years now, stepping up the capabilities and materials with newer generations throughout this time. But one thing that has stayed true from the beginning is the solid, relaible and relatively reserved build; these devices fit aesthetically in almost any system thanks to a minimalist design, but also give a sense of peace of mind as to their quality thanks to a sturdy performance, whichever the model.

If you find your system lacking one aspect or another (CD input, a DAC or separate power supply etc), and are looking for a simply but audiophile solution, the RS line from Pro-Ject has you covered.

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Ross Moloney Technical Specialist

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