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Digital Drive SST-1

Name: McCormack Audio Digital Drive SST-1
Brand: McCormack Audio

McCormack Audio

Digital Drive Series

DigitalCD PlayersDiscontinued

Estimated price (community-sourced)

$1,050

About the Digital Drive SST-1

The McCormack Audio Digital Drive SST-1 is a high-end CD transport from the mid-1990s, featuring a top-loading design with a Philips CDM-12 mechanism suspended from the side and a magnetic puck to stabilize the CD and reduce jitter. It offers standard coaxial digital outputs (RCA and BNC) with optional balanced XLR output. The unit uses a copper-plated steel chassis and is designed to be left powered on continuously to avoid on/off surges. Paired often with the McCormack DAC-1 and Wonder Link digital cable, it was praised for delivering exceptional sound quality, dynamics, rhythm, and soundstaging in reviews. No longer manufactured, it appears on the used market with recent listings from to .

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