![]() Also - and surprisingly for a one box machine - the power supply is a valve rectified design, using a single 6X5. The fascia has a large, easy-to-read LED screen below which reside five small buttons to control the transport or dim/shutoff the readout (a plastic remote control is also included). No digital source has ever sounded this close to analogue. Special attention has been paid to the power supplies in the CD4.1x even the display has its own dedicated supply, which reduces internal noise to an exceptionally low level. In everyday use the 4.1x is an attractive top-loading, one-box CD transport/DAC housed in a full-sized Audio Note chassis. Our new belt drive CD transport developed by Audio Notes own Q Darko Greguras (James Bond reference, look it up) is finished, and the lucky beta-test customers are thoroughly amazed by the performance. The analogue output stage is based around two ECC88 dual triode valves, and the output capacitors are our own Audio Note (UK) copper foil variety. This 18bit device has consistently outperformed every competing chip we have tested regardless of specification or price. The Digital section features the highly regarded Analog Devices AD1865 digital to analogue converter chip, the same device that we use in our highest level stand alone DACs. Audio Note UK’s own Tantalum resistors are used, as are a selection of the legendary Black Gate signal Capacitors. However, the component quality contained within its solid and purposeful chassis exceeds that of either machine. Its shares many of the elements found in two of our most highly regarded Digital playback devices, the CDT Two/II and the DAC2.1x. This player, like its bigger brothers, features no oversampling and no digital filtering, making for a highly effective sonic combination all housed in a small and robust chassis. Prices do not include shipping to purchaser) Audio Note does not publish a price list on the net, nor will they let us post one, either (even though we are a dealer and were the distributor for many years). The analogue output stage is equipped with the quite exceptional 6111WA miniature triode and our own in house designed and manufactured Audio Note (UK) copper foil capacitors. The CD 2.1x/II uses an in-house modified Philips L1210 dedicated Red Book CD mechanism and a simple yet revealing DAC based around the Philips 1543 16 bit multi-bit digital to analogue converter chip. ![]() It has been specifically engineered for sonic performance rather than technical specification, and fulfils all Audio Note (UK) Level 2 criteria. The CD 2.1x/II is essentially a component upgraded version of the CD 1.1x, equipped with better parts such as our own custom produced Audio Note (UK) tantalum resistors, Cerafine capacitors and Audio Note (UK) copper foil capacitors, making for a more open, detailed and lively performance in comparison with its more affordable stable mate. The original CDT 2 was an instant success on its launch, and its direct descendent, the current CDT-e/II, builds and improves upon the original model's performance. ![]()
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