This is the extra part of the equation of the M51 DA Converter. An all singing play everything disc driva and streamer allied to a super quality Terabyte level storage device.We have this set up through its companion massive M2 Amplifier and running via an iPad app and it is just excellent fun belting through a set of Tannoy DC8 loudspeakers

This little dongle is a very neat bit of kit for getting music off your Blutooth phone or computer into your music system.

uPlay uses the very latest BlueCore 5 Bluetooth and apt-X audio encoding technology to wirelessly stream high quality audio from your iPod, iPhone, or other Bluetooth enabled device, to any Hi-Fi system or audio device with a stereo or line input.

This is a very cool add on for the NAD amplifiers with Modular devided construction (MDC). It is an asynchronous USB DAC that will install in the back of these very fine and well priced stereo amplifiers. It will accept the output from Apple TV's etc. Available December 2011

This much awaited dock is dual mode iPod/Pad and has much sought after digital output that empowers you to hook up an appropriate DAC. You've got to try this through the new Rega DAC ....

The iD100 has quite exceptional connectivity:

Coincidentally released at the same time as the Cambridge Audio Dacmagic, this little blister packed black box is intended to raise the quality of the digital stream conversion back to analogue two channel.

Just when you thought Carlton Audio Visual couldn't possibly fit another DAC into inventory, we hacked off Pauls left arm, creating just enough room to squeeze in the incy wincey Peachtree DAC iT.

Arcam have always been a leading light in the digital disc spinning department. The Alpha range of CD players were gems, the FMJ has always been a reference and their entry point CD players have always been exemplary for the money. In short, Arcam know how to turn a digital signal into music.

This little black box has a colour display and a CD slot. You load up a disc and it will store it to the 500GB internal hard drive then play it back either via its own internal amplifier or for quality take an optical out and send it to an external DAC and thence to a proper amplifier and speakers.

This is the Denon entry into media streaming componentry that seems to be a jolly versatile device.

The DNP720AE Network Media player is the same size as a normal tuner, in fact it includes an AM/FM tuner as well as all the latest network media features. You can play audio from just about any source, such as;

Plus what you ask..?

Well it's got a volume control ... which makes it a full digital preamplifier at a very reasonable price. And it has an asynchronous USB connection which is a brilliant feature at this price point.

Our favourite DAC under a thousand dollars, the shock to Brett when he first heard this was the level of fine detail that it can resolve and how fast it is. Normally the low level information in the recording of an orchestra is reticent on a digital source. The rDAC clearly resolves the structure and timing of complex music.

More and more people are turning away from the traditional CD player as their music library moves onto a digital storage platform. To get the best out of your digital media player, you need a good DAC.

This is the new mid level CD Player form Mr Ishiwata's pet company.

It has had great reviews overseas.

It is made in Japan ... that is actually jolly rare and is indicative of the premium position of two channel in the home market place now.

Looking rather like a proper Hi Fi Tuner the C446 is actually a thoroughly connectable piece of kit.

Beneath the trad NAD chassis of the C 446 lays a powerful digital media player with Internet radio, FM/AM and DAB/DAB+. Interestingly it hasn't sacrificed the AM for DAB+ as have all the Sangean based devices.

Our favourite new DA converter in it's price range, smooth and musical. It's a 16/20/24-bit at 32kHz to 192kHz digital to analogue converter. The Rega DAC is designed to optimise performance from any two channel PCM digital audio source such as a CD transport, PC or streaming device.

At last! A sensibly priced Cd transport ideal for incorporation into a contemporary digital replay system with external DAC.

I think Anthony may have hit the mark with this one. Out of the box it immedialely impresses with its robust and solid build, clearly a bit of precision engineered musical instrument rather than a resonant plastic moulding that otherwise so proliferates.

Adding to our PS Audio inventory and our swelling DAC inventory is the PS Audio Digital Link III.

It has an optical, coaxial and USB input, upsampling as well as single ended and balanced outputs.

We have one of these on trial now ... the other guys are just pretending ... a bliss revision of our favourite CD player.

The latest trend seems to be in the form of half sized components. And why not? Space is precious and advancements in circuit design, power supplies and heat displacement, now allows manufacturers to put more component into less space.

This is the DAC stand alone device using the tech from of the very succesfull 8200 series product iterated as a stand alone device with adjustable loine level pre out a la Cambridge Audio. Now on dem in the store .. we think we have an absolutely outstanding rane of Dacs and related product for people to try.

Hot on the heels of competitive offerings from Musical Fidelity we now have on dem the new pure Cd transport from Cyrus ...this uses the latest version of their highly acclaimed Servo Evolution to make for a very worthy successor to the CDXT at half the price.

We seem always to be revisiting Audiolab and this particular piece of work has been attracting excellent critical comment from the publications that matter.

Love the way it shares its DAC as an external device for USB,coax and optical inputs.

HI Fi World (Rab's favourite, rather British and stodgy magazine) had some excellent things to say about the M51 in their November 2012 issue:

A CD player from Cyrus is always a treat. We are unashamed fans of Cyrus here at CAV and this long rumours, oft delayed player was a long time in the making. Sporting a brand new transport mechanism, the slot loading Cyrus is simple to use and sounds fantastic. Push the disc in and wait for the magic to start.

The usual conversation starts with something like "You wan how much for that little thing?" and then ends in enthusiastic silence once the Cordette is playing...

Granted it's small and light enough to blow away in the wind, but the Chordette QuteHD has some serious technological chutzpah. It's stocked with the expected Optical and Coaxial digital connections which support up to 384kHz (!) inputs. It's also running a USB input for a computer that can stream DSD right out of the box.

The English Audiolab designer lives a very privileged but enclosed life inside the central compound of the massive IAG manufacturing facility in Shenzen in China.
Mr Westlake and his fellow UK import design gurus are given free reign to develop products that retain the trad brand values but break ground in this otherwise hidebound marketplace.

This beautifully crafted mid size component is a combination DAC Analogue preamp with a single analog input that can be configured as a variable or fixed as a home theatre bypass.

We've had it running in the shop for a couple of weeks now and its showing a proper clean set of heels to the multitudinous competition. Come in for a dem on this versus the NAD M51 and the PS Audio Digital Link. The Elements have three Co ax and three Optical and USB digital with 192KHz asynchronous capability. Apparently it has the DAC configuration as the Antilla CD Player, we've only been playing it for half an hour so we dont really know yet how it performs. Watch this space ...

The Premier one-box CD player from Cyrus take another step up in audio quality with the "Made for high-end" CD transport mechanism. I never stop being amazed at how Cyrus cram so much good gear into such a small box, and then how such a small box can put out so much sound!

This all in one streamer / amplifier is perfect as a stand alone music system, or it can be added to your existing hi fi. It sounds great, really great. And for the technophobes out there...it's very easy to use.

It's a digital world. Music collections are migrating from CD's to hard drives, with terrabytes of music floating around your network. But to fully exploit those digital bits, you need a component that knows music, not data. The Stream X2 is your friend. Simply hook it up to your network, point it to your music collection and enjoy. Hook this into your DAC and be marvelled by how much more detail can be retrieved than by listening to your laptop. Its easy to control, thanks to the supplied N-remote, or if your tablet inclined, check out the Cadence iPad app.

We're big fans of Welsh based Leema Acoustics here at CAV, the Antila and Tucana combination being a 'go-to' product that never fails to deliver. So we've been anticipating the arrival of the new Stream CD player since it was announced six months ago. We've not been disappointed by the Stream so far, its already clocking up lots of dem hours here in store. Its a strong competitor to our favourite Cyrus components and will give components retailing up to 4k a run for their money. We also love the single multi control knob interface on the front panel. Come in for a listen!

Cyrus DAC X+

Open and musical.

An amazing DAC in it's price range, offering maximum detail without fatigue.

I borrowed this gem for a few days connected it to my Leema, Sonus Faber system and fell in love all over again.

When you play a CD you want wring every last musical drop from it. The key to doing that is by carefully extracting every last digital bit from the disc.Read more data from the disc and there is less need to rely on error correction and other techniques that lower the amount of data your DAC can process. Cyrus have developed the Servo Evolution technology specifically for reading audio information, rather than the data drives that so many others use.This leads to a 20% increase in data retrieved, which in turn corresponds to less noise, more detail and more musical enjoyment. If you still want more, then you can add the PSX-R regulated power supply to take it to the next level

This is a very interesting device, it is designed to take a raw digital source such as music thats been ripped to a USB and then transfer it as the highest possible quality to be converted to an analogue music signal.

PS Audio...yes indeed.

This DAC has just hit our store and it is absolutely, stunningly good.

Fresh out of the box it sounded really good but I don't know that I've ever heard a product improve so much after it's first 24 hours of use.

My favourite streamer, the cyrus Stream X which sealed the coffin of my much loved Naim CDX2 CD Player has been updated to include the amasing Cyrus Qx DAC. For all my favourite customers who are still using those spinning disc's come in and have a listen. Disc's are dying a slow and painful death. Streaming options now include 24/192 resolutions making the CD quality of 16/44 a poor second best.

Take the best DAC Cyrus make. Add in a high quality dual mono pre amplifier. So simple, yet all the best recipes are. The DAC XP+ is the ideal centre piece for your Hi-Fi system. There's six digital ins and two analogue inputs to accommodate all your sources. Twin balanced outs to your power amps. And the sound? Simply amazing. A huge sound-stage, with transparency and detail galore. Open and airy, with plenty of bottom end thwak.

These two components are reputed to be the last consumer product to be graced by our favourite hi fi guru. Ken Ishiwata is an icon of the audio industry, being an original disciple of Saul Marantz who as a student copied value for value one of Saul's designs of amplifier ... only to discover it sounded completely different from the original product. thus he gained his understanding of the importance of passive component quality in Hi Fi design.

Chord Electronics returns to Carlton Audio Visual! The old DAC64 from many years ago was our absolute reference device for showing off just how good digital music could be (that title now belongs to the DCS Puchini). It's new incarnation in the QBD76 continues to blow off socks. It's simply beautiful. It pulls detail and dynamics out of recording that just aren't there on lesser devices, and will do astounding things to your computer audio via USB. It manages to do all this in a slick and slender milled aluminum box that make even half sized components seem bulky and ugly.

Now into it's second generation, the Antila is one of those beautiful devices that brings so much music out of a recording that it makes you want to dig out album after album just to hear all the things you missed last time around.

Rega, usually so famous for their excellent turn tables, have launched their new reference class CD player and it is a thing of beauty. Moving away from a naming convention of heavenly bodies (and hence Roman deities) we have something distinctly more Egyptian in the Isis.

Yes that's a two and a seven, followed by three zero's.

Can a CD Player really cost $27,000.00..?

Wrong question.

Can a CD Player really be worth $27,000.00?