Arcam CD-73

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The CD73 is Arcam's most affordable CD player and the successor to the world famous CD72, an acknowledged design classic with many tens of thousands in everyday use. Put simply, the CD73 is a wonderful sounding CD player with a performance broadly equal to players that might cost twice as much from other brands.

The CD73 includes the latest generation 24-bit DAC from Wolfson MicroElectronics, plus a double-sided, through-hole plated motherboard and a low noise toroidal power transformer. It also incorporates Arcam's latest thinking in grounding and power supplies.

The quality of the sound is complemented by the superb build quality. Furthermore, if you decide to improve your system, by simply adding the appropriate Arcam DAC module, the CD73 is readily upgradeable in the future to CD82 or CD192 performance.

Internal construction is to a very high standard and audiophile quality parts are used in all critical signal areas. The all-metal case design is both compact and stylish. All Arcam CD players come with a custom designed remote control, which also allows you to control the volume level of matching Arcam amplifiers in the range. The players are simple to use and the full function remote handset can access features like 20 track programming, memory, repeat and display on/off. These CD players support CD Text, where present on a disc, and can replay most audio CD-R and CD-RW discs. For easy recording and multi-room use, all models provide both optical and digital co-axial outputs as well as two pairs of line level analogue connections.

Proven Sony parts are used in the CD drive and decoder for long life and reliable operation. Special care has been taken to optimize the CD73's master clock design for extremely low jitter, whilst the main circuit board is now double sided, using carefully tuned analogue filters with audiophile quality components in all critical areas. The player also comes with a substantial power transformer and six separately regulated power supplies. Damping is applied to certain key components, which we have found to be subject to microphonic effects. Both optical and coaxial digital outputs are included for connection to an external DAC or digital recorder.




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