Primare CD35

Primare often separates the basic tasks of playing CDs, offering dedicated disc transports and a variety of components with built-in DACs. In the case of the CD35, all of the key ingredients — the disc drive, DAC, and output stage — work together to create beautifully balanced, natural sound. This is the finest CD player Primare has ever made. The CD35's high-performance TEAC disc drive supplies a jitter-free signal to the digital output stage, which boasts its own discrete power supply, ensuring that the digital signal sent to the player's DAC is as noise-free as possible. The DAC is the state-of-the-art ESS ES9028Pro SABRE DAC. This 8-channel DAC chip is used in a double-differential mode here — four DAC channels per stereo channel — resulting in vanishingly low distortion and noise. The CD35 is no lightweight whether you're talking sound quality or build quality. Weighing 23 pounds, it's one of the heftier CD players we carry, yet its minimalist design gives it an air of visual elegance. Inside, careful...