BAT VK-D5 CD Player Balanced Audio VK-D5 MINT $2000 off Just a few weeks old Start Price USD 3,435.00 Current Price USD 3,435.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 3,450.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, November 20, 2008 End Time Thursday, November 27, 2008 Location Stamford, Connecticut See more about 'BAT VK-D5 CD Player Balanced Audio VK-D5 MINT $2000 off' Description SquareTrade © AP6.0 BAT-VK D5 24-BIT CD PLAYER - ONE MONTH OLD You are bidding on a BALANCED AUDIO TECHNOLGY VK-D5 24-Bit CD Player with Remote Control.  This one is just a few weeks old and is in MINT, NEW CONDITION.  DESCRIPTION:   This VK-D5 customer trade-in was ordered from BAT and delivered in September. It was just traded back to us. Absolutely latest production.  Functions perfectly. FEATURES:The BAT VK-D5 is one of the finest CD players you can today.  The reasons: Zero negative feedback, wide bandwidth, no buffers or op-amps used anywhere in the signal path. Fully balanced design for BOTH the digital and analog sections. The digital section has four Burr-Brown PCM-1704 DACs arrayed in a true differential configuration. The highest quality Vishay bulk foil resistors are employed. There's much more.  The VK-D5 has a massive high-current, vacuum-tube, fully balanced output stage utilizing six tubes. The VK-D5 also features and proprietary servo-board that synchronizes the transport to a single master clock. In short, the VK-D5 is engineered without compromise. All kinds of superb reviews. It is simply one of the best CD players money can buy. AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY: We are selling this VK-D5 for a fraction of new - $2000 off the list price of $5500.  Despite the fact that it's essentially new.  If you've been waiting for that rare opportunity to get something that's virtually new, that's not a demo, for the price of used, this is your chance. Included with the VK-D5 are the factory power cord, the Owner's Manual, and the factory Remote Control. SOUND QUALITY: But beyond all that, the thing that's important about the BAT VK-D5 is that it is one of the best sounding CD players in the world.  At any price.  Period.  It is a terrific piece of audio gear.  You'll have it in your system satisfying your every listening desire for decades.  That's because it has the purity and richness of tubes...with all the benefits of a fully balanced, state of the art DAC chipset.  Plus, bullet-proof reliability.  It's a combination that even in the high end very few other CD player manufacturers can match, let alone at BAT's reasonable list price of just $5500.  Upper frequencies possess both warmth and clarity.  Vocals have the richness and warm, three-dimensional presence of the real thing.  And what bass.  You'll find that your speakers'  bass output is cleaner, extended further, and more controlled than ever before.   Like the best high end audio components, the VK-D5 will completely open up the sound of your system and let it fill your entire room with with music.  Even at the full suggested retail price, the VK-D5 is a genuine perfomance bargain.  The list price of the VK-D5 is $5,500.  My Buy-It-Now price is  more than $2000 off for a unit that is a mere 30 days old with all of the latest BAT upgrades and refinements.  It's a enormous savings over what you would have to pay your dealer for a new one. FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS: Tubed output section utilizing six 6922 tubes delivering up to ten times as much current as the simple buffered output found in competing designs Digital section features four Burr-Brown PCM-1704 DACs arrayed in a true differential configuration. Analog outputs: Balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA. Digital output: BNC, 75 ohms. Output voltage: 2V (each phase). HDCD compatible. Self-Biasing Tubes 10000-Hour Tube Life Expectancy Gold-Plated input and output connectors Remote Power Control 120V / 15 Amp DIMENSIONS:   19W x 15.5D x 5.75H inches (including feet) Weight:  30 lbs (14kg) SHIPPING WEIGHT: 40 lbs. approx. (18 kg)   SHIPPING:  Shipping costs for North American bidders are listed below.  Shipping within the continental U.S. is just $35.    Full insurance is included.  I welcome overseas international bidders, but please be aware that because of the large size of the factory carton, shipping will be reasonable via Bax Global, FedEx, or the U.S. Post Office is the dimensions of the shipment fall within the restrictions for your country You may also be responsible for additional duty and taxes.  Also, please note that this unit is set for North American 120 voltage so you will have to have the unit modified for 220/240V operation, or purchase a voltage step-up / step-down transformer. These work perfectly and many of my overseas employ them.  Shipping costs are as follows: FedEx shipping anywhere within the United States with full insurance is $35.     (except Hawaii and Alaska)  FedEx shipping to Canada is just $65 Shipping costs to the U.K. and Europe are approximately $145 Shipping costs to Asia and Australia are approximately $200 to $225 Also available for local pick up, if you prefer      UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED TO BE 100%  AUTHENTIC AND TO WORK PERFECTLY OR YOUR MONEY BACK. THANKS!   *     *     *     *     * Purchase from someone you can completely trust.  My perfect feedback record since 1999 speaks for itself, I am Paypal Verified, and I am Square Trade member.  These are just some of the great things that previous buyers have had to say about their auction purchases:  "I got the parcel yesterday, and I just love it!! ...Thank you so much." "The MAC tuner is stunning!!!  It arrived safe and sound.  Thank you so much." 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