New Gold Note CD-5 combines solid mechanics and natural-sounding DAC with modern ease of use. Touchscreen display adds a bit of high-tech feel to the trusted CD format.
Ever noticed that a CD track sound different from the streamed track? As if streaming has less substance? Or do you own an extensive CD collection or just like physical medium better than virtual? It's no too late to get a new CD player now thanks to the effort of Italy's most versatile hi-fi manufacturer, Gold Note. Firmly established as digital and analogue specialist Gold Note now has 3 CD players in different price ranges, new CD-5 being the most affordable of all.
Gold Note CD-5 offers fully balanced dual-differential schematics for both digital and analogue sections, is manufactured at Gold Note factory in Italy, where each unit is individually tested. It has RCA and XLR analogue outputs for immediate connection to an amplifier and also Toslink and RCA digital outputs for use with an external DAC. A special connector allows for an easy upgrade when unit's high current demands are delegated to an external power supply, for example Gold Note SU-10 EVO with its massive inductive (choke) filtering and extra shielding.
Projected MSRP is €1190. Watch this space for availability dates and more technical info.