Pro-Ject CD Box DS3 - High-End CD Player

For the Pro-Ject CD Box DS3 CD Player, Pro-ject picked the best features of its predecessors and added the Texas Instruments PCM1796 DAC to provide you the perfect CD player with all the features you really need.

Easily control the CD player with the buttons on the front, or with the supplied remote control and the high contrast dot-matrix display shows you all relevant information you need to enjoy your favourite CDs.

True Red Book CD Player

The Red Book standard specifies the physical parameters and properties of Digital Audio Compact Discs (CDDA). Pure CD players are, in contrast to DVD or Bluray Disc players, frequently better in playback of stereo CDs.

The drive is specifically optimised for 1:1 playback of the Red Book CDDA standard.

CD-80 Blue Tiger Servo

A CD drive is only as good as the servo which controls it. It‘s like the brain of the human which controls the movement of the body. Without the best brain you cannot reach the best performance in sport although the muscles are big.

The Blue Tiger CD-80 servo developed by Stream Unlimited is the most advanced on the market.

Texas Instruments PCM1796 DAC

There have been many new DACs in the past, especially to reach a higher bit resolution. Yet the famous PCM1796 which has been used in many high end designs in super expensive CD players in the past has the most analog, sweet and easy to listen sound character. The perfect choice for a CD player which aim is to sound as close as possible to an analog record.

The CD Box DS3 offers a line level RCA output which can be used for any pre- or integrated amplifier and also two digital outputs to further pass a digital signal to another DAC.

Rigid Aluminium Housing

Standard sheet metal housings are not torsion-resistant and mechanical accurate enough to mount a sensitive CD drive where the laser position has to be correct all the time.

The massive aluminium chassis provides the best basis for a CD drive. It also protects the drive against vibration and electromagnetic interferences.

4-Point Intelligent Suspension

The intelligent suspension is able to provide a perfect resonance derivative. Three soft points isolate the drive from external vibration and one hard point leads high frequent vibration caused by the fast movement of the laser into the massive chassis.

Technical Specifications

• Supports: Red Book CD-DA
• Line-level Output: 1 pair RCA
• Digital Outputs: 1 x optical TOSlink®, 1 x co-axial (S/PDIF)
• Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20kHz/ ± 0.15dB
• Noise Floor: >105dBA / 20Hz – 20kHz
• THD (analog output): <0.018%
• THD (digital output): <0.005%
• Line Level Output Voltage: 2 Vrms / 0dBFS
• D/A-Converter: PCM1796
• Power Supply: 18V/1A DC, suitable for your country
• Power Consumption: 300 - 600mA DC, <0.5W in standby
• Battery Remote Control: 1xCR2032 / 3V or 1xCR2025 / 3V
• Dimensions WxHxD: 206 x 72 x 194 (200 incl. sockets) mm
• Weight: 1660 g without power supply

Further Information

Pro-Ject CD Box DS3 - User Manual

Pro-Ject CD Box DS3 - Product Information