Primare CD-32

New laserunit!

Primare's CD32 is a superb CD player period. Getting this level of sound, functionality, and build quality reflects brilliant optimization of design and production elements. With the CD32, Primare has made choices very different from those it made with the CD31 some obvious, some bold, some even a bit risky and the result succeeds far beyond expectations.

Listening to music through the CD32 is an unqualified joy. Everything I love about a piece of music delights me when I hear it through the CD32. And while the CD32 does retain a hint of the slightly soft, warm character of earlier Primare players, this signature is vanishingly small, and audible only when the sound is dissected and directly compared with the sound of other, usually much more expensive players. But even in such hypercritical comparisons, the CD32's performance is still excellent; it's just a tick below the very best I've heard. Much more important is that, when I simply listen to music, the CD32's performance wants for nothing.

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Single-box CD player.
Analog outputs: 1 pair unbalanced (RCA), 1 pair balanced (XLR).
Digital outputs: 75 ohm S/PDIF (RCA), 110 ohm AES/EBU (XLR), optical (TosLink).
Inputs: USB, RS-232, IR input (3.5mm), trigger in/out (3.5mm).
Maximum output level (fixed): 2.1V unbalanced, 4.1V balanced.
THD+noise: <0.01%, 20Hz-20kHz.
Output impedance: 390 ohms unbalanced, 47 ohms balanced.
Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz, +0/-0.5dB.
Signal/noise ratio (20Hz-20kHz): 100dB, unweighted.
Power consumption: 0.5W standby, 25V operation.
Dimensions: (430mm) W by (106mm) H by (375mm) D.
Weight: 23 lbs (10.4kg).