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Musical Fidelity M3scd Compact Disc Player - Black

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Musical Fidelity's M3scd CD player is a CD player and a digital hub, it has multiple digital inputs - coax, optical and asynchronous USB, a very low jitter and a 24-bit DAC.

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    "Five Stars" from What Hi-fi? Magazine


    "Clean, Detailed, Sophisticated"

    Musical Fidelity's M3scd CD player has been designed to give outstanding CD reproduction and to be a digital hub. If it just did an outstanding job coaxing superior performance from CDs, it would earn its keep. But this little gem is far more than a CD player.

    In a joint review of the Musical Fidelity M3scd CD player and M3sci integrated amp, England's What Hi-fi? magazine gives the duo its top rating of Five Stars, praising the components for their "clean, detailed, sophisticated sound, styling, build." The magazine calls them a "classy, midpriced combo with genuine appeal."

    Highly Capable Stand-alone DAC

    One reason that CDs sound so great is the M3scd's superior DAC. It uses 24-bit Delta-Sigma (bit stream) dual differential chipset with 8x over-sampling. And you can harness the musical power of the M3scd's circuitry with your other digital gear, because it also functions as a highly capable stand-alone DAC.

    The Ins and Outs You Need

    In addition to CD it has three digital inputs: coax, optical, and asynchronous USB. This makes it particularly useful for set top boxes and/or TV sound improvement. Music streamers and Blu-ray players love the M3scd. The technical performance is excellent. It has very low distortion, extremely low jitter, excellent signal-to-noise ratio, extremely flat frequency response, exemplary linearity, and excellent channel separation.

    Outputs consist of one line level unbalanced analog stereo RCA out, one RCA coaxial digital out, and one Toslink optical digital out. There's also a trigger in and out for convenient integration with your other gear.

    Product Features

    Overview

    • CD player and digital hub
    • Excellent technical performance
    • Very good CD readability
    • Multiple digital inputs - coax, optical and asynchronous USB
    • Very low jitter
    • Excellent build quality and convenient size
    • DAC: 24-bit Delta-Sigma (bit stream) dual differential 8x over-sampling

    Outputs

    • 1x line level RCA
    • 1x RCA coaxial connector (Digital SPDIF)
    • 1x Toslink optical connector (Digital SPDIF)
    • Trigger out - 3.5mm (1/8”) mono jack +12V DC

    Inputs

    • 1x RCA coaxial connector SPDIF 32-192 kbps (16-24 bit stereo PCM)
    • 1x TOSLINK optical connector 32-96 kbps (16-24 bit stereo PCM)
    • 1x USB type ‘B’ connector (asynchronous data stream at up to 24-bit/96kHz)
    • Trigger in

    Product Specs

    • Jitter: <135 picoseconds peak to peak
    • Frequency Response: 10Hz to 20 kHz -0.2dB max.
    • Signal to Noise Ratio: >117dB
    • THD (+ noise): <0.003% 10Hz to 20 kHz
    • Linearity: <0.1dB down to -96dB
    • Channel Separation: 105dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz
    • Dimensions: 17.3" wide x 3.9" high x 14.9" deep
    • Weight: 13.3 lbs.

    "Five Stars" from What Hi-fi? Magazine

    In a joint review of the Musical Fidelity M3scd CD player and M3sci integrated amp, England's What Hi-fi? magazine gives the duo its top rating of Five Stars, praising the components for their "clean, detailed, sophisticated sound, styling, build." The magazine calls them a "classy, midpriced combo with genuine appeal."

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