It's a top loader with a neat sliding dark plastic panel, and a magnetic puck is supplied to hold a CD firmly in place. A remarkably hefty item as well, it definitely inspires confidence. Balanced (XLR) outputs as well as RCA. Switchable by remote (when a CD is not playing) between the standard Red Book 44KHz and a choice of 88 or 196KHz upsampling.
It has the stunning sheer in-room presence, focus and speed of the Krell 25S CDP that all too swiftly left my shelves (due to a fault developing). Marvellously musical, it just sounds right. Perhaps it favours large scale music more, with real weight, heft and definition to the bass as well as impressively free dynamics.
It has two 12AX7 in a tastefully blue-lit, easy access compartment to the rear right of the top plate. You can just see the tops of the valves peeking out in the photo! In fact, I believe that it doesn't have a full valve output stage, but a valve buffer affair to pass the signal through. Valve rolling seems to have little effect on the sound.
The MHZS CD 88 is the answer to audiophiles who still yearn for the sound of vinyl but enjoy the convenience of CDs. The 4 vacuum tube technology blends the warmth of classic tube sound with the benefits of cutting-edge circuitry.
The MHZS CD 88, like the CD 66 is a top loading unique with a SONY transport and Phillips controller of exceptional quality aimed at rotating your CD with minimal error correction. The reduced error correction allows for a more life-like presentation of details especially in the lower registers.
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TOP LOADING
HDCD TUBE CD player
High Quality Tube Accurate Optimized Output
Optimized For 44.1KHz To 88.2KHz and 176.4KHz
SUPER 24 BIT 192 KHZ DAC BY MHZS "WHICH BETTER THAN CS OR BB DAC"