Ancient Audio Lektor Joy CD Player

High End CD players have built a reputation of Ancient Audio company .
Regardless of whether midprice or top class units, Lektor CD players brought joy to the eyes, joy to the ears.

So, it was named Lektor : Joy

Build in one compact box, it is versatile center of music system. It is both CD player, preamplifier, DAC , and Digital Speaker Processor.
Following Lektor Transport, new players of Ancient Audio use CD-Pro8 drive, build by Austrian company Stream Unlimited Optical Storage.
CD player needs perfect timing of all signals. To keep jitter as low , as possible, precision clock by TentLabs was applied.
Previous generations of Lektors were based on 24 bit converters by Crystal Semicondoctor. Joy uses latest, 32 bit converter by ESS Technlogy. There are two converters, set in dual mono mode.
This converter has 7 different digital filters, to select by keyboard or remote control. So, without leaving your sofa, you can set sound image according to the current record.

Additionally, a Digital Speaker Processor can be installed inside player, to correct sound of your favourite speakers or headphones. 16 programs settings of processor can be switched on back side of player.
Lektor Joy has also analog inputs, digital coaxial ( S/P DIF ) and USB 2.0 input. So, it is not just a CD player, but also a preamplifier and the DAC in one box.
Analog stage, between DAC chip and output sockets is an often underestimated element. Meanwhile, it was one of the ingredients of success of Lektors. New Lektor use solid state circuit, made by discrete MosFet transistors, instead of russian 6H30 vacuum tube. This amplifier was developed 15 years, testing different topologies and components. In fact , it is simlar to vacuum tubes, because Fet are also voltage controlled devices, similar to triode, but with bigger gain and bigger current. So, final solid state analog stage was outperformed previous, based on vacuum tubes . Also, it is trouble and mainterance free.
The final output amplifier has two gain settings, to fit output level to amplifier.
Just like in a tube system, famous V-Cap capacitors work at the output. The latest series of ODAM, oil impregnated caps are apply.
To correct delivery energy, there are two low noise power transformers. One feeds CD drive and display part, second feeds DAC and analog part of player.
A solid bank of ultra fast, low ESR capacitors, together with fast linear regulators deliver stable voltage and high current when needed.

All units of player are keeping together by very solid cabinet, made from one aluminium block