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Arcam CDS50 SACD/CD Player with Network Streaming

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The design of the HDA range draws upon all of Arcam’s experience as one of the UK’s most respected audio companies, to produce Arcam’s best performing range of audio products yet – using the best quality components and engineering practices, the HDA range is designed and built to give you years of listening enjoyment.

  • 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%

CDS50

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.

music services through arcam MusicLife iOS app

Warranty Information

60 Day replacement is offered for any faulty product purchased within this time frame. Please note for this to be offered the product must be registered through the Arcam website and a proof of purchase is required.
2 Year Warranty is offered as standard on all Arcam products and includes all parts, labour and carriage charges. Please note a proof of purchase is required.
3 Year warranty Extension is offered for FMJ products ONLY. For this to be valid the product must be registered on our website within the first 12 months of purchase or the product is limited to a 2 year warranty. Please note that for CD players or Bluray players the transport and lasers are covered by 2 year warranty even if registered.

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