Gryphon Mikado CD player

Loyal owners of the award-winning Gryphon Mikado CD player know how that player re-defined the potential of the compact disc medium, dismissing all contenders to its crown.

Now, the Signature Edition of the acclaimed Gryphon Mikado celebrates a giant leap forward with 32-bit/192 kHz asynchronous sample rate conversion and four 32-bit/192 kHz AKM stereo digital-to-analogue converters operating in dual-differential configuration.

As early as the Gryphon CDP 1 CD player in the late 1990’s, Gryphon introduced the world to the sonic improvements offered by upsampling long before others became aware of them. CDP 1 incorporated upsampling to 88.2 kHz, making it the world’s first CD player to do so. Now, Mikado Signature introduces the world to 32-bit/192 kHz upsampling.

Taking our cornerstone philosophies of dual mono and fully symmetrical balanced operation where no one has gone before, Gryphon Mikado Signature is fully balanced throughout the digital domain as well, implementing two stereo DAC’s per channel in full dual differential mode. This configuration drastically lowers the digital noise floor and contributes to the expansive soundstage and sharply focused stereo image of the Mikado Signature.

The Gryphon Mikado Signature also celebrates the compact disc’s 25 years as the medium of choice for music in the home, demonstrating that in the skilled hands of Gryphon’s driven, skilled engineers there is even more musical pleasure and realism to be extracted from the silver disc than you had ever imagined.

In sharp contrast to the ubiquitous multi-format players on the market, Gryphon Mikado Signature focuses exclusively on CD playback with no compromise and no concessions. When you choose the Mikado Signature, you know that its CD performance is not a mere afterthought. It is the player’s very reason for existing.