Product code: ARCAM-CDS50-BLA
ARCAM CDS50
Arcam CDS50 SACD CD playback Network Streaming Compact Disc Player
£749.00







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Our most advanced cd, digital audio and network streaming player yet
In a sense, digital audio doesn’t exist. You’d have to be a particularly dull superhero to possess ears that can decode the millions of 1’s and 0’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.
Arguably, when playing from a digital format, the most vital component is the DAC, or Digital to Analogue Converter. We’ll spare you the bulk of the science, but this is what translates that otherwise lifeless 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, there’s a good chunk of detail going to waste right there. That’s why we’ve included 32-bit DACs on the entire HDA range – the most commonly used bit-depth in digital recording – so you’re guaranteed the full aural picture of whatever the artist intended.
PRODUCT DETAILS
- 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 music life app
- Total harmonic distortion + noise = 0.002%
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CD Support:
SACD/CD-A/CD-R/CD-RWAudio Format Support:
FLAC, WAV, AAC, AIFF, OGG, MP3, WMATHD + Noise:
0.002%DAC:
ESS9038K2MDimensions:
433x283x87
Weight (net):
6.2kg -
WHEN IT'S RIGHT, IT SOUNDS REAL
Arcam exists for one simple reason: to bring the best possible sound into people's lives, whether from movies or their favourite music. We're committed to engineering products able to deliver audio performance so lifelike it connects you straight to the heart of music, and wraps you in the world of movies.
Arcam have been developing and making CD players for almost 30 years, and for 40 years the descendants of the amplifier with which the company started in consumer electronics, and as far back as 1995 expanded into home cinema electronics, developing a world-class reputation for making some of the best-sounding AV electronics.THE FUTURE
Hi-fi and home cinema systems are always evolving, and we – and our dealers – are here to help you keep up to speed with the latest developments, and make sure you make the right decisions.
Whatever future technology appears on the market we're confident we can engineer systems that get the absolute best reproduction from whatever format is available.
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