HiFi Rose RSA780 CD Transport and Ripper - Silver

The Disc Drive Your HiFi Rose Player Was Missing

HiFi Rose builds streamers with large screens and no disc drive. The RSA780 adds one. It connects over USB, and from that point your CD collection appears in the same interface as everything else you play.

It plays discs and it rips them. Choose FLAC, compressed FLAC or WAV, and the disc becomes a file on your player's storage, tagged and ready alongside the rest of your library.

The whole thing is 152mm square and 25mm tall, weighing about 0.9kg. It is designed to sit next to a Rose player rather than in a rack, which is why it looks like an accessory rather than a component.

Why the USB Connection Is the Clever Part

The RSA780 uses a USB-B socket rather than the small connector most drives carry. That means you can use a proper audiophile USB A-to-B cable, the same kind you would put between a computer and a converter.

Inside is a USB isolator. The disc drive and the player are kept electrically separate, so the motor and laser cannot push electrical noise down the cable into the machine doing the listening.

That isolation is why jitter stays low across the link. Only the music data crosses. It is what you want between a spinning mechanism and a sensitive digital front end.

Who Is This Best For?

• You own a HiFi Rose streamer — the RSA780 is built for that pairing, so discs appear in the interface you already use rather than needing a separate remote and input.
• You want your CDs on the player's storage — ripping to FLAC keeps every bit of the disc, and compressed FLAC or WAV are there if you would rather trade one thing for another.
• You care about the connection — a USB-B socket takes a proper audiophile cable, and the internal isolator keeps the drive's electrical noise out of the player.
• Space is tight — at 152mm square and 25mm tall it sits beside a Rose player on the same shelf without needing a rack position of its own.
• You are still buying discs — a drive that both plays and rips means new purchases join the library the same evening. Browse our music streamers if you are still choosing the player.

How Does It Connect to Your System?

Run a USB A-to-B cable from the RSA780 to a USB port on your HiFi Rose player. That single cable carries both the disc data and the drive's power, so there is nothing else to plug in.

From there everything happens on the player. Load a disc to play it, or start a rip and choose the format, and the resulting files land on the storage you already use.

Pairs Well With

Building around the RSA780? Here are some great companions:

• Music Streamer: The Rose player it was built for — see our Music Streamers.
• DAC: Where the ripped library ends up — see our Digital to Analog Converters.
• Integrated Amplifier: The next box in the chain — see our Integrated Amplifiers.
• Interconnects: For the rest of the system — see our Interconnect Cables.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does it connect to?

A HiFi Rose network player, over a USB A-to-B cable. The drive is designed to work as part of that system rather than on its own.

Which formats can it rip to?

FLAC, compressed FLAC, or WAV, chosen on the player before the rip starts.

What does the USB isolator do?

It keeps the drive and the player electrically separate, so only music data crosses the cable and jitter stays low.

Why a USB-B socket rather than a smaller one?

So you can use a standard audiophile USB A-to-B cable, the same type used between a computer and a converter.

How big is it?

152 by 152 by 25mm, weighing around 0.9kg, which is roughly two pounds and heavier than its size suggests.

What is the warranty?

Two years from the original date of purchase, covering manufacturing defects. Unusually, it stays with the device, so it remains active if the unit changes hands.

See It in Action

Ripcaster gets hands on with the RSA780:

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