First seen: 7 april 2008
Nad M5 CD SACD Player is a Super Audio CD player. It enables to play SADC, CD, CD-R and CD-RW. Its main features include AES/EBU balanced digital out for PCM sources, Coax and TosLink PCM digital audio outputs, separate 2 channel and 5.1 channel analog outputs, balanced 600 Ohm Stereo Outputs, Bass Management for SACD, NAD Pure Class A Discrete Gain Modules and Composite Video Output (switchable On/Off).
The M5 CD SACD Player is powered by Direct Stream Digital th…
See moreNad M5 CD SACD Player is a Super Audio CD player. It enables to play SADC, CD, CD-R and CD-RW. Its main features include AES/EBU balanced digital out for PCM sources, Coax and TosLink PCM digital audio outputs, separate 2 channel and 5.1 channel analog outputs, balanced 600 Ohm Stereo Outputs, Bass Management for SACD, NAD Pure Class A Discrete Gain Modules and Composite Video Output (switchable On/Off).
The M5 CD SACD Player is powered by Direct Stream Digital that uses different approach when transferring the analog musical waveform into the digital domain for storage on the disc and. It features high speed processing that avoids the quantization errors inherent in the Pulse Code Modulation process used for the traditional CD and DVD. Besides that, it also features HDCD decoder that able to increase the dynamic range of CD by 6dB with specially encoded and widely available CDs. CDR and CDRW recordable discs are fully supported, and even MP3 and WMA can be played on the M5 CD/SACD Player offering many hours of playback from a single disc. With SACD format, user can enjoy 5.1 surround sound playback delivering smooth and high quality sound production. In addition, it separately configured signal paths for the CD and SACD audio in order to maintain high possible levels of CD and SACD sound quality. Also, it uses professional grade D/A converters with 24-bit, 192-kHz resolution for PCM (CD) signals, and a special DSD mode for SACD to deliver noise-free and high sound quality.
See lessSubsequent listening to a handful of SACDs confirmed that the performance with the high-res layer exceeds that of the CD layer by far more than the usual margin. This is also one of the most attractive SACD players we've come across in some time. Read more