CD 5.1x
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.
It features the top-loading Philips CD Pro 2LF CD mechanism, which is modified and improved 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 and 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 Audio Note’s own 0.5 Watt and 1 Watt non- magnetic Tantalum resistors are used in all critical areas, as are custom Audio Note (UK) foil / Mylar and electrolytic capacitors.
The CD5.1X also uses in-house designed and manufactured digital transformers; silver wound for the Transport side and copper wound for the DAC side.
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.
It features the top-loading Philips CD Pro 2LF CD mechanism, which is modified and improved 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 and 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 Audio Note’s own 0.5 Watt and 1 Watt non- magnetic Tantalum resistors are used in all critical areas, as are custom Audio Note (UK) foil / Mylar and electrolytic capacitors.
The CD5.1X also uses in-house designed and manufactured digital transformers; silver wound for the Transport side and copper wound for the DAC side.
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.
It features the top-loading Philips CD Pro 2LF CD mechanism, which is modified and improved 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 and 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 Audio Note’s own 0.5 Watt and 1 Watt non- magnetic Tantalum resistors are used in all critical areas, as are custom Audio Note (UK) foil / Mylar and electrolytic capacitors.
The CD5.1X also uses in-house designed and manufactured digital transformers; silver wound for the Transport side and copper wound for the DAC side.