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Description
The CD 8 SE is our top end single box CD player based on our latest revolutionary SE (Servo Evolution) optical data control technology that greatly improves the integrity of the data read from the CD.
It incorporates the same low-contact precision slot loading CD drive as the CD Xt SE transport.
Internally the power supply design features twin, custom made, transformers each feeding individual highly regulated power supplies which in turn feed the 11 separate sections of the player. The specially developed DAC circuitry provides outstanding performance, and an almost holographic 3D image, which has resulted in the CD 8 SE being the current What Hi Fi award winner in its class.
The CD 8 SE’s outstanding performance can be expanded further by adding a Cyrus PSX-R power supply, giving the player even more resolution, helping to reveal subtle details within a recording. It can also be factory upgraded to a CD Xt SE.
“Serious engineering adds up to superb sound - a landmark product for Cyrus.” - Hi-Fi World Sept 2008.
AWARDS
Diapason D’Or - CD Player of the year 2008
What Hi Fi – Best CD Player £1,000 to £1,500: 2008
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More Details
The SE platform
Inside all CD players is a CD Engine, consisting of servos and lasers, which spins the disc and positions the laser to track the disc and read the data on it. Until now hi-fi CD players have been based around laser / servo parts designed for the mass market. Even high-end designers do this because they are readily available and because it’s very complex to design your own. However these kits of parts are primarily designed for low cost mass produced equipment like potable audio players.
Recognising this as the biggest barrier to high audio quality, Cyrus spent 18 months developing its own ‘made for high-end audio’ CD engine, which we have called our Servo Evolution platform, or SE for short.
Technically this has resulted in an engine that produces 20% fewer data errors than the engine used in Cyrus’s previous range of award winning CD players. This right first time ability leads to less error correction, which means the servo motors work less hard, which reduces power supply ripple.
Sonically, the results are breathtaking, and the clamour of approval from the hi fi press has resulted in numerous award for the entire SE range.
Key Features
The CD 8 SE builds on the design features established by the award-winning CD8, and the addition of our SE engine, help to make this our best integrated CD player yet.
Powered by twin toroidal power transformers, an extensive array of selected reservoir capacitors and a bank of power regulators, the new Servo Evolution stage takes the audio performance of the CD 8 SE to a new level for a single box Cyrus CD player.
Other key features are:
The DAC technology and components used in the analogue filter stages are chosen carefully to deliver musical and technical performance to the exacting standards demanded by the Cyrus team. Whilst the balanced topology featured internally in the DAC/analogue stages of the CD 8 SE requires duplication of many costly components, we have found it essential to extract the last ounce of performance from our CD player.
Includes a remote re-clocking circuit with close-tolerance crystal VCO located at the DAC threshold to maximise jitter rejection.
The CD 8 SE has two completely separate toroidal power transformers. One transformer has two entirely separate secondary windings dedicated to feeding the electronics of the disc-reading mechanism and the current hungry motors. The second power transformer, also with two windings, is dedicated to supplying DAC & filter stages. The transformer pair are housed in the forward section of the chassis to minimise interaction with the sensitive analogue output stage.
The CD 8 SE can be upgraded connecting a PSX-R power supply to further refine the power supply system and take over power supply to the motors.
To upgrade the CD 8 SE still further, both coaxial and optical digital outputs are provided for connection to the DAC X D/A converter or DAC XP digital preamplifier.
MC-Bus connectivity allows the unit to talk intelligently to other connected Cyrus units, automatically switching to the appropriate configuration with the touch of just one button.
High quality magnesium die-cast enclosure, which delivers a myriad of advantages both electrically and mechanically. The non-resonant nature of the alloy minimises microphonic effects, while its non-ferrous composition provides an effective shield from external RF disturbances. This also eliminates coupling of the power transformer stray magnetic fields to the sensitive audio circuitry. Lower cost steel enclosures do not offer these benefits.
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