M3scd | CD Player
The M3scd is a CD Player and stand-alone DAC with sublime performance.
M3scd - Overview
"It sounds far better than it has a right to be at the price. This is the stuff of true high-end CD players"David Price - Stereonet 02/2021
"Sensitive, precise, very relaxed. Price/performance: outstanding."Roland Kraft - Stereoplay 03/15
"Good sound - top equipment."Tom Frantzen - Stereo 09/17
"Both thumbs up for the M3sCD!"Alex Röser, Stefan Goedecke - Audio Test 04/18
The M3scd has been designed to give outstanding CD reproduction and to be a digital hub.
In addition to CD it has 3 digital inputs: coax, optical and asynchronous USB. This makes it particularly useful for set top boxes and/or TV sound improvement. 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.
All in all the M3scd gives excellent CD replay and can act as a versatile digital hub at the same time.
- 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
M3scd In Brief
Reviews
Read the Stereoplay review.
Also read the AUDIO TEST review.
"With the M3si a classy midprice combo with genuine appeal."
Hi-Fi Choice 08/15M3scd - Specifications
Performance
- 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
Hardware
- 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)
- 1x Trigger output - 3.5mm (1/8”) mono jack +12V DC
Inputs
- 1x RCA coaxial connector SPDIF 32-192kHz
- (16-24 bit stereo PCM)
- 1x TOSLINK optical connector 32-96kHz
- (16-24 bit stereo PCM)
- 1x USB type ‘B’ connector -
- Asynchronous data stream at up to 24-bit/96kHz
- Trigger in
General
- Dimensions - WxHxD (mm): 440 x 100 x 380
- Weight (unpacked / packed): 6.05 kg / 9.9 kg
