SW1x VDT III Valve Digital Transport Player & Music Streamer

SW1X Audio Design™ VDT III

Performance Level 3

Valve Digital Transport Player & Music Streamer

The VDT III reimagines digital audio, delivering a sound that is profoundly musical, organic, and alive. By using a minimal number of transistors and employing valves in key stages, every note in the VDT III breathes with analogue warmth and harmonic richness.

Even the CPU and playback control are stripped down to the essentials, allowing the VDT III to focus entirely on musicality. With highest quality power supplies and minimal time-domain distortion, it transforms digital playback into an emotional, immersive experience.

The SW1X VDTs are designed to bring the analogue qualities of vinyl and tape to digital sources. Unlike most modern streamers which prioritize features & broad compatibility from customers at the expense of musicality, the VDTs focus on the most critical element of the audio chain – the Source – ensuring that the music comes first.

Whether paired with SW1X DACs or as a stand-alone streamer, the VDT III transforms not only your music but your understanding of digital playback, proving that careful design and experimentation can redefine what a digital transport can achieve.

All our digital sources and music streamers are designed to be UPnP & DLNA ready- just connect & discover the device wirelessly on your network & control the playback of your music media via touch screen or another device.

SW1X Audio Design™ VDT III Valve Digital Transport Player Features:

• Valve Master Clock – the Heart of Digital
• Valve Output Stage for the SPDIF signal Output
• 3 x Split Rail Discrete Power Supply
• Discrete & independent Linear Power Supplies for CPU, Master Clock & Output Stages
• Integrated 1TB SSD Storage

Specially Selected and Harmonically Matched Component & Material Quality

• Specially treated SW1X Audio Design™ 80% Nickel Mumetal Core SPDIF/AES/EBU Signal Output Transformer
• All Capacitors, Resistors, Transformers & Chokes are of Highest Quality as used in our DACs and Amplifiers
• SW1X Audio Design™ M6 grain orient EI core Mains Transformers & Chokes (SHiB double C-core available as an option)
• Internally wired exclusively with SW1X Magnum, Genesis and Opus conductors of various geometry (single strand or Litz)
• Copper Foil in Oil Signal de-coupling Capacitors
• AB 2W non-magnetic Carbon film Resistors

Power Supply

• Valve Rectified Power supply of the Output Stage
• Valve rectified and Choke filtered Power Supply for the Master Clock
• Valve rectified and Choke filtered Power Supply for the SPDIF signal Output Valve Output Stage
• Discrete Transistor, Shunt Voltage Regulated Low Voltage Power Supplies
• Powered by 3 x audio signal grade M6 EI core Mains Transformers: 1 x Master Clock, 1 x SPDIF Output and 1 x for the CPU

Tube Compliment

• Master Clock 1 x 6DJ7 (ECC88) & 1 x EZ80
• Output Stage 1 x EC86, 1 x 6X5, 1 x 5Y3

Audio Playback

• Coaxial SPDIF Audio Output, PCM up to 192 kHz 24/32 bit
• AES/EBU Audio Output, PCM up to 192 kHz 24/32 bit
• USB Audio Output, PCM up to 768 kHz 32 bit

Inputs/Outputs

• 1 x Valve powered SPDIF
• 1 x AES/EBU
• 1 x I2S
• 3 x USB 2.0
• 1 x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
• 1 x HDMI (optional)

Supported Formats & Services

• Supported Formats WAV, FLAC, DSD, Alac, Aac, Vorbis, Cue, Mp3 and others
• UPNP DLNA Renderer with Open Home support
• Supported Services Airplay via Shairport Sync, Spotify & Spotify Connect, TIDAL & TIDAL Connect, QOBUZ, Roon (endpoint)

User Control Interface

• App Based or Web Browser

VDT IV is available in matte Black or satin Silver front fascia

Note: Due to SW1X Audio Design's ongoing research and development process, specifications are subject to change without notice