CD 5.1x

The CD5.1x is the latest in our line of one-box integrated Red Book CD players. We started with the concept of combining elements of our CDT-Three transport and DAC3.1x/II Balanced DAC with a careful selection of improved components. The final machine became significantly more than that...
 
 
 
The CD5.1x is a completely new machine which elevates the one-box CD player to hitherto unknown levels of performance. Never before has it been possible to achieve such quite astonishingly superior levels of digital replay from a single chassis, integrated design.
 
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The CD5.1x features the top-loading Philips CD Pro 2LF CD mechanism, which we custom modify and improve in-house, bringing the performance of this already excellent mechanism up to a standard that is truly in a class of its own.
 
 
 
The power supply is a valve rectified and regulated design, using a 6X5 and ECL82.
 
 
 
The analogue output stage uses a combination of 1 x 5814a and 1 x 5687WB valves, feeding a pair of our world-renowned output transformers, using SHiB cores with copper primaries and secondaries.
 
 
 
A mix of our own 0.5 Watt and 1 Watt non- magnetic Tantalum resistors are used in all critical areas, as are our own custom Audio Note (UK) foil / Mylar and electrolytic capacitors. The CD5.1x uses our own in-house designed and manufactured digital transformers; silver wound for the Transport side and copper wound for the DAC side.
 
 
 
This stand alone Red Book CD player is, to put it mildly, astonishingly good. The finest one-box CD player. Ever.