Proceeding to the right of the open/close button is the "stop" button, the play/pause button, the button for skipping back a track, and finally the button for skipping forward a track. Starting at the left front of the chassis, you can see the tray for loading the CD, which is opened or closed by the left most button under the display. Let's do a "walk-around" of the CD 2.1x/II Red Book CD player. "The output stage was designed around the very musical 6111WA miniature double triode, and an improved selection of our usual custom components are used to raise the CD2.1x/II's specification Audio Note (UK) 0.5W and 1W tantalum resistors, Audio Note (UK) standard electrolytic capacitors, and Audio Note (UK) copper foil coupling capacitors."
The shortest possible route between these fundamental parts always impresses, and elegantly shows how beauty lies in simplicity. "The CD 2.1x/II was engineered around an economical version of Philips DAC IC, the TDA1543, and the Philips L1210 CD mechanism. "By carefully modeling and controlling both sides of the spectrum to work harmoniously, we have managed to achieve a very articulate voice that is the fundamental aspect, and why music flows so well with the CD 2.1x/II. "It has a big heart and uses minimal processing, no oversampling and no digital or analogue filtering, combined with a carefully controlled degree of rising edge control, just enough to connect or blend the dots-or samples-into a real music. "The CD 2.1x/II is a very good example of how important careful voicing and having a deep understanding of what is going on 'under the hood' is. "The CD 2.1x/II is so well rounded and musical, it is always exciting to discuss our junior products! Here's what Darko told me about the CD 2.1x/II Level Two Red Book CD player: If you haven't read the posts yet on Jeff's Place, Darko Greguras went into detail about how Audio Note (UK) is doing research and development to advance the potential of digital media, and I encourage you to read them for additional information (Part 1 HERE, and Part 2 HERE). "We use the TDA1543, as at the time we designed the lower end CD player/DAC range they were the best sounding chip available, so we invested in 10,000 pieces, as immediately it became obvious that they did a good job."
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"I know this may sound like an oxymoron, but by carefully listening to the prototypes as they develop it is possible to retain the core qualities and still shed a great deal of cost, critical listening and good judgement is of course key to this endeavor, plus the fact that we have control of the sound of most of the parts used in the circuit. Peter told me that the CD 2.1x/II benefits from "trickledown" from "the principles, topology and technology from our more expensive products, and distills them into a less expensive product by keeping the fundamentals intact whilst taking out as much cost as possible."
I asked Peter if he would share a few words with us about the CD 2.1x/II. 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." 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. To quote the Audio Note (UK) website, "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. The CD 2.1x/II Red Book CD player "fulfills all Audio Note (UK) Level 2 criteria," and is an upgraded version of their CD 1.1x Level One Red Book CD player with better parts, like Audio Note (UK) tantalum resistors, Cerafine capacitors, and Audio Note (UK) copper foil capacitors, that are intended to give the CD 2.1x/II "a more open, detailed, and lively performance in comparison with its more affordable stable mate." The CD 2.1x/II Level Two Red Book CD Player ( HERE) is the third up a ladder of the five Red Book CD players offered by Audio Note (UK). Peter, and Audio Note (UK), take Red Book CD players very seriously as a music source, believing they are still the best home digital source for many people. The Audio Note (UK) CD 2.1x/II Level Two Red Book CD Player ($3874 USD)
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