Scorpio S
Gryphon Audio Designs has an unrivalled track record for innovation in High End audio. In the field of CD player design, the story begins with our very first digital source component at the close of the previous millennium. The Gryphon CDP-1 CD player introduced the world to the sonic improvements offered by upsampling, a technology now ubiquitous in digital audio.
SCORPIO S
CD THE WAY YOU ALWAYS KNEW IT COULD BE
Gryphon Audio Designs has an unrivalled track record for innovation in High End audio. In the field of CD player design, the story begins with our very first digital source component at the close of the previous millennium. The Gryphon CDP-1 CD player introduced the world to the sonic improvements offered by upsampling, a technology now ubiquitous in digital audio.
Refusing to rest on our laurels, the successor to the CDP-1, Gryphon Adagio, took digital musicality to the next level with asynchronous 24-bit/96 kHz sample rate conversion. After further refinement of this technology in the Gryphon Mikado, the implementation of 32-bit/192 kHz upsampling in the acclaimed Gryphon Mikado Signature represented another giant leap forward, once again breaking new ground and blazing a trail for others to follow.
Sharing much in common with the flagship Gryphon Mikado Signature, the Gryphon Scorpio front-loading CD player offers striking exterior design and build quality to match its advanced technologies and extraordinary level of musical richness, clarity and soul.
SCORPIO S VS. SCORPIO
The Scorpio has never been out of our program, but there were some small changes in year 2017.
The AKM DAC-chip (AK4397EQ) we used in the Scorpio was unfortunately discontinued.
The Scorpio S uses therefore a new AKM DAC-chip (AK4490EQ).
We do not offer an update from Scorpio to Scorpio S. We needed to add the “S” since the units aren’t 100% identical.
DEDICATION AND DEVOTION
Gryphon Scorpio plays compact disc. Period. Full stop. It does not play video discs of any kind whatsoever, nor does it play any of the so-called “high resolution” audio formats long since given the cold shoulder by music lover, audiophile and mainstream consumer alike.
Gryphon Scorpio is designed unapologetically with single-minded dedication to the compact disc, because this focused approach enables Gryphon Audio Designs to devote all our resources and expertise to releasing the full, unfettered musical potential of CD playback.
Gryphon Scorpio will reveal more of the hidden treasures in your CD collection than any other player, “universal” or otherwise, up to and well beyond its price point. That is its sole mission.
