The Forbidden City Ping - The ALL-IN-ONE

100WPC Class 'A' Amplifier
Linear CD player
AM/FM Tuner,
USB DAC Input
Line Input

PING in Silver Grey
Also available in
All Black

Reviewed in Hi-Fi World November 2007
Reviewed in Gramophone August 2008
Reviewed in What Hi-Fi August 2008
All-in-One chassis , utilising a cool running
"Class A" dual mono 100wpc solid state amplifier, incorporating the award winning CD120 linear CD player, AM/FM radio with remote controlled scanning to 9 preselected stations, with USB dac to connect to your PC , using a Burr brown PCM 2707 Dac chip equipped with SP-Act "TM" functions.
Instead of listening to your music, or internet radio through your PC speakers, simply connect with the supplied USB cable  from the rear panel of the Ping to your PC and play any chosen file in high quality, low jitter sound.

Sampling Period Adaptive Controlled Tracking System [Sp-Act] is a registered trade mark by Texas Instruments.
Here's what Adam Smith had to say about the Ping in the November '07 HFW=="The Ping has a fantastically dynamic presentation that positively grips music and really powers it out of the speakers, most noticeable was the bass performance, which is super tight and deep, at the top end, the Consonance  offered a very spacious and clear treble, again picking up on every high frequency detail to ensure that none were lost, the Ping has a lucid and expressive midrange, offering almost thermionic levels of insight,is a fine all-in-one system and offers a large scale performance on all sources" 

Amplifier section:
Power output : Dual mono, 100WPC 8 Ohms, nearly doubling into 4 Ohms
One spare phono input using gold plated relays. Frequency response : Less than +/- 0.1 dB deviation 20Hz-80kHz
Phase response : Less than 2 degrees deviation 20Hz-80kHz
Signal-to-noise ratio : More than 95dB
Crosstalk : Less than -100dB
Distortion : Less than 0.015% at 80W 8 0hms
Remote Control : RC-5 compatible IR system 36kHz modulation
CD section :
DAC resolution : non-oversampling, filterless design, 16bit TDA1543
Frequency response : Less than +/- 0.5 dB deviation 20Hz-20kHz
Phase response : Less than 5 degrees deviation 20Hz-20kHz
Signal-to-noise ratio : More than 100dB
Crosstalk : Less than -100dB
Distortion (RCA) : Less than 0.12 %
Tuner section:
FM : Tuning range: VHF/FM 87.5-108MHz
Sensitivity: (INF)10dB uV/m
Signal/Noise Ratio: 55dB AM :
Tuning range: VHF/AM 522 - 1620 kHz
Sensitivity: (INF)60dB uV/m
Signal/Noise Ratio: 45 dB
USB section:
Fully compliant with USB1.1 specification
THD+N:0. 006%(at self-powered)
Dynamic range: 98 dB

Inside view

Supplied with an all metal
Multi function remote

All Black option