Creek Audio 4040CD CD Player

Description

4040CD

Compact Discs may be a 20th century legacy format, but most people still have a perfectly good collection of CD in their homes. If not used these may just be collecting dust, or sent to landfill. Your CD music is wholly owned and not just licensed from the cloud. So, why not exploit what is yours?

Size

The diminutive 4040CD casework, with its extruded aluminium front panel, matches the 4040A integrated amplifier. Technical advances and circuit miniaturisation over the last 40 years no longer need heavy casework and power supplies to extract digital music accurately from CD.

Control

The 4040CD has an intuitive user interface and sophisticated menu system, which are easily navigated by remote control, or via the discreet front panel push buttons.

Digital Outputs

4040CD offers three types of digital outputs for the discerning audiophile, including transformer-isolated SPDIF (via coaxial RCA), professional balanced AES-EBU (via XLR), and optical TOSLINK.

DAC

A useful built-in DAC is included for convenient stand-alone analogue audio output via stereo RCA sockets. However, to ensure the highest quality audio reproduction, it is recommended to connect to the 4040 A by SPDIF coaxial or optical digital output, to leverage the amplifier’s excellent ES9018K2M ESS Sabre32 Reference DAC.

Power Supply

The key to the 4040CD transport / players impressive performance and small size is found in its efficient and rock-steady external DC power supply. The multi-region power supply adapter provides a solid 12V DC voltage to feed internal voltage stabilisers that power every part of the circuitry.

Standby

Audio signal sensing enables the 4040CD to reduce power consumption by powering down non-essential circuitry, when not required, to less than 0.5 W. Timeout can be adjusted in the menu.

CD Quality

Properly recorded and well-maintained CDs can still provide resolution equal to most streamed music. The Compact Disc’s native 16 bit 44.1 kHz format is adequate for most music replay and is not compressed.

By comparison, most streamed music undergoes some form of compression to shrink its file size, with consequent losses. As a bonus, CDs provide a positive tactile experience and provide artist and title notes.

Specifications

• Digital Outputs: 1 x Coaxial RCA, 1 x Optical TOSLINK, 1 x AES-EBU balanced digital XLR.
• Audio Output: Stereo audio output via RCA sockets.
• Mains Voltage: Auto-ranging from 100 – 250 V, 50 / 60 Hz
• Power Consumption: 20 W Max, <0.5 W Standby.
• Auto Standby: Powers-down after a pre-set time with no signal. A front panel button or remote button press wakes the CD from standby, together with a useful 12V trigger Standby timeout is adjustable in the menu.
• Finish: Silver or Black front panel. Black outer cover.
• Weight: 1.8 kgs net, 3 kgs gross.
• Dimensions W/H/D: 21.5 x 6 x 22 cm

Included

• 1 x Creek Audio 4040CD CD Player.
• 1 x Power Supply.
• 1 x IR Remote Control.
• 1 x Documentation.

Full Creek Audio Range Available

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

More Information

• 4040CD, by Creek Audio

Additional information

Brand

Creek

Creek products are designed by Mike Creek and his team of electronic engineers, employing the latest CAD technology and sophisticated test equipment, in order to achieve the innovative, astute designs with which Creek is associated.

Throughout the years Mike Creek has not wavered from his basic design philosophy – the key elements of which can be summed up as follows: The products have a simple, uncluttered design. They exhibit technical sophistication. They feature state-of-the-art electronics. They are designed for people who love music. They are minimalist in operation. This focus is a total system approach.