Arcam CDS50 CD/SACD Network Player

Description

CDS50

The Arcam CDS50 is the most advanced CD, digital audio and network streaming player that the company have yet produced.

In a sense, digital audio does not exist. Who has ears that can decode the millions of 0’s and 1’s that make up your CD collection or iTunes library? Whatever the source – be it a laptop, CD player, smartphone, USB stick – the result is just a vibration in your speakers. In other words, it all winds up analogue in the end.

When playing from a digital format, arguably the most vital component is the Digital-to-Analogue Converter (DAC), which translates that binary code into audible sound energy. Bit-depth, meanwhile, is a key measure of audio quality.

So if you’re listening to a 24-bit WAV copy of your favourite album through a DAC that only converts to 16-bit, you can appreciate that a good chunk of detail is going to waste. That’s why Arcam have included 32-bit DACs – the most commonly used bit-depth in digital recording – on their entire HDA range, so you are guaranteed the full aural picture of whatever the artist intended.

Specifications

• Plays all disc formats, including SACD, CD-A, CD-R and CD-RW
• Supports audio file formats including FLAC, WAV, AIFF, OGG, MP3, AAC and WMA
• USB input
• Superb 32-bit DAC built in
• Streaming through the Arcam MusicLife iOS app
• Total harmonic distortion + noise = 0.002 %

Full Arcam Range Available

Unilet Sound & Vision are official retail partners for Arcam, providing sales, advice and assistance on their entire range of high-quality audio products. Please do get in touch if you would like a demonstration or wish to purchase.

More Information

• CDS50, by Arcam

Additional information

Brand

ARCAM

ARCAM have developed a world-class reputation for making some of the best-sounding AV electronics. Starting with amplifiers over forty years ago, the company moved into CD player technology a decade later, and then pushed further into home cinema electronics.

The brand have now developed their own DVD and Blu-Ray players, engineered using decades of CD experience to ensure they play music as well as they do movies, thus delivering better all-round performance than many other brands.