Tangent CD II CD Player,Black

Product Information

Featuring an optical digital output, the Tuner II is ideal for use with an upgraded DAC (Digital to Analogue Convertor) or digital amp. Six presets are easily accessible via the remote control and give direct access to your favourite radio stations.

This Marantz model has been around in various guises for a long time, and remains the best budget option at this price. The CDR can be stored in the caddy with the original CD. I just labelled mine “ DSOTM single file version” Job done.

We are always impartial in our testing and ensure we hear every CD player at its optimum – connected to the appropriate kit and placed on a sturdy and level surface. We'll use them in their best use case with different partnering amplifiers and speakers, as well as play plenty of discs in different genres of music through them. Naturally, we give them plenty of listening time (and time to run in) too. The housed speaker drivers may be described as full-range, but they’re most comfortable in the midrange, and work best with less densely arranged music. Streamed from Tidal, Max Richter’s The Waves has an almost brittle clarity to it, as the electronic chimes drift through the air, while the rich tones of the slowly building strings hint at the drama to come. It’s a little more powerful than I’d expect from the quoted 40W output and can certainly fill a bedroom or other small room with music.

I keep looking at them while shaking my head and saying ‘it cannot be’ as their dimensions are 5.5 X 7 X 9 inches – almost invisible. The first time I ever heard a Rogers LS3/5a, it was sitting on top of a Spendor BC3 (about a 50 liter cabinet). The sales guy doing the demo asked me which speaker was playing, and it was hard to know. I have the Spektor 1s sitting on top of my DALI Oberon 5s and it is hard to know which is playing. I am sitting two rooms away right now while I write this and they still sound pretty amazing. With DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) you get a whole new world of stations. Featuring popular digital only stations such as BBC 6 Music and 4 Extra, there’s a much wider choice of stations to listen to. Analogue FM is also standard and ideal for local stations or parts of the country where DAB reception is less easily accessible. RDS gives FM radio some of the features of DAB, including station naming and radio text. Embrace the fusion of Danish ingenuity and audio engineering with Tangent's Hi-Fi II system. Since 1996, Tangent has been synonymous with both high sound quality and visually appealing design. Don't let your cherished CD collection gather dust; instead, relish the albums you love in style. Tangent's commitment to minimalistic, modern design ensures that your audio system not only sounds fantastic but also enhances your living space. Say goodbye to clunky, outdated CD systems and welcome a sleek, contemporary audio solution. The Technics SA-C600 is an elegant all-in-one system with extensive streaming and connectivity (even an MM phono stage) that you just have to add speakers to – and it also has a talented CD player. The amp is rated at 25 Watts into 8 ohms and 50 Watts into 4 ohms, and it all sounds hefty enough if the speakers are well matched. The specs don’t indicate harmonic distortion or how flat the frequency response measures. No matter, the design seems competent, so the target audience are getting what they pay for – a small, versatile, fun and affordable amp.It's a nicely made bit of kit too, with a machined metal chassis that feels solid and a design than matches the rest of Cambridge's impressive CX range. The CD II player is also a fine candidate for comment, whether through the optical cable or the RCA outs. It is a dead simple player. Instead of a drawer or tray it has a slot feed that grabs the CD and pulls it into the player and then registers it and begins play. I generally prefer slot loading devices to trays. The supplied remote control doesn’t just operate the tuner, it also controls a full tangent system, including amplifier and CD player – making the full Tangent system every bit as convenient as an all-in-one system. The Cyrus CD t is one of the best CD transports you can get, regardless of price. It's a CD transport, rather than a CD player, meaning it will simply read the data on the disc. You'll need a standalone DAC to handle all the digital-to-analogue conversion. Tangent’s CD player II is a multi-format digital CD player that’s compatible with all current CD formats. It has regular line-outputs plus digital optical outputs for connection to a higher quality or digital amp. It is also designed to produce lossless connectivity to any HI-FI system. Remote control