2016-02-19
From the time digital music became a mainstream format (in the early 80s), millions of CDs were produced, covering every genre of music. Owners of Red Book compact discs (like owners of LPs) are still eager to play and listen to the music stored on their silver discs. Ayon Audio’s vacuum-tube-based CD-3sx plays those CDs, and many other modern digital music formats (PCM/DSD) as well. The CD-3sx is a Class A vacuum-tube, top-loading CD player/DAC with added preamp capabilities for analog sources. It can serve as a CD player, a multi-input PCM/DSD-capable DAC, and an analog-input preamp. This much versatility ...