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AMSCD Reference CD Player

The AMSCD/DAC is the finest digital product Musical Fidelity has ever made. They have spared no expense or design effort to achieve the maximum possible performance.

Inside its exquisitely finished casework is some pretty nifty electronics; quad dual differential DACs, fully balanced, pure Class A analog stages, 12 power supplies, selected custom Philips CD Pro mechanisms, rare earth mu-metal screening 3 digital inputs (balanced optical and coax) 3 digital outputs (balanced optical and coax).

The AMSCD’s technical performance is, pretty well, at the limits of the medium. S/n ratio is better than 117dBA, linearity is similarly top notch. In every technical parameter the AMSCD is at the cutting edge of the limits of the technology. The AMSCD’s sound quality is quite remarkable. It is utterly uncoloured and neutral. It doesn’t draw attention to itself. It doesn’t shout at you. It simply presents the music, all the music and nothing but the music without asserting any of its own character. Some people don’t think that this is “hi-fi”. Musical Fidelity passionately believes a hi-fi component’s job is to be completely invisible. Simply act as a conduit for the passion and commitment of the music. If that’s your ideal then the AMSCD/DAC is for you.

It creates beautiful spacious images where the musicians are all intimately connected in the image space. As a result the music has a direct, visceral and emotional punch which is, we believe, what hi-fi exists for.

Thay have spared no expense to make the casework and finish as beautiful as possible. The front panel is machined from solid milspec aluminium as are the top, sides and back. All push buttons are machined from solid. Even the badge is made from medical grade stainless steel. The remote control has been machined from a solid billet.

Musical Fidelity has left no stone unturned to try and make the AMSCD/DAC a beautiful timeless product that will deliver top notch state-of-the-art technical and sonic performance for decades.