Pure Sound
A8000 CD Player
£999
The pure sound A8000 CD Player was developed as a high
quality source to be used with the pure sound range of
amplifiers. It can also be used in a wide range of
other systems with great success.
The A8000 is built around the SONY 213Q high precision
mechanism, renowned for both its stability and
reliability. A proprietary 24 Bit 192KHz D/A
converter handles the data stream, which, once converted,
is filtered using OPA2604 Op amps. The powerful output
stage comprises a pair of 6N3 double triodes. Signal
coupling here is via MIT capacitors while the output stage
power supply utilises the German MCap capacitors.
The incoming mains supply is filtered by a choke regulated
circuit which in turn feeds 8 separate regulated supplies
each of which uses Silmic and Rubycon capacitors. These
deliver power independently to various parts of the
circuitry.
At switch on, the CD Player counts down for 20 seconds to
allow the valve circuitry to warm and stabilise before the
machine can be used.
The A8000 also offers the facility to switch the upsampling
frequency from 44.1 KHz to 88.2 or 176.4 KHz.
The substantially constructed chassis includes a 10mm
anodised aluminium front panel, high quality gold plated
RCA sockets for L-R and digital outputs.
The remote control is a sleek, anodised design machined
from solid aluminium.
Many CD Players using a valve output stage have an overly
euphonic, almost ‘syrupy’ quality which compromises the
reproduction of detail and drive. The A8000 has no such
obvious characteristic. However, it does reproduce
instrument timbre and dynamic range in a plausible way
providing a lively yet unfatiguing presentation of music
not dissimilar to that which can be heard at a live
concert.
