The CD Zero is Audio Notes smallest CD player, but don’t be put off by its unobtrusive dimensions, this is a real giant killer of a CD player. The recipe is as you’d expect from Audio Note with their winning combination of a valve output stage and multibit DAC convertor. A 6111WA long life sub miniature dual triode valve forms the output stage and it connects to the classic TDA1543 DAC convertor which is being used without oversampling or a digital filter.
If you’ve not heard an Audio Note digital product then you’re in for a treat. Despite being the entry level model the performance on offer is quite remarkable. It has all the important elements that make their products class leading- there’s an ability to portray the life, dynamics and vibrancy that pulls you into the performance like little else. If their more expensive players and DACs didn’t exist you could be forgiven for wondering how digital replay could get much better than this.
It is available with brushed silver aluminium fascia or black acrylic fascia on a black chassis, or an all white (acrylic fascia and white chassis)
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
-OPTICAL PICK UP 3 beam laser
-SEMI-CONDUCTOR LASER 780nm
-OUTPUT IMPEDANCE Less than 2 KOhm
-REFERENCE OUTPUT 3.0V RMS (approx.)
-CHANNEL BALANCE Less than 0.25dB
-UNIT WEIGHT 3.5 kg
-UNIT DIMENSIONS 98mm (h) x 300mm (w) x 270mm (d)
-MAX. POWER CONSUMPTION 48W
