CD 5.1x
Photography by Jess Thomas & Unknown
Available finishes
Fascia - Anodised Aluminium or Black Acrylic
Details
Level Three Red Book CD Player. 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 astonishingly superior levels of digital replay from a single chassis, integrated design.
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.
Technical Specifications
OPTICAL PICK UP
SEMI-CONDUCTOR LASER
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE
REFERENCE OUTPUT
CHANNEL BALANCE
UNIT WEIGHT
UNIT DIMENSIONS
MAINS INPUT
MAX. POWER CONSUMPTION
NOTE
3 beam laser
780nm
approx. 5 Ohm, balanced and single-ended
1.2V RMS single-ended / 2.4V RMS balanced
Less than 0.2dB
16.8 kg
142mm (h) x 445mm (w) x 428mm (d)
AC 100-120V / 220-240V 50/60Hz
48W
Due to Audio Note (UK)'s ongoing research and development program, specifications are subject to change without notice.