Audiologica Ltd: Company Registration Number : 6632457    VAT Registration Number: 892 5261 02

Physical Specification

Dimensions (W×H×D) Imperial 17 1/8 x 3 7/8 x 11 4/5” Metric 436 x 100 x 300mm Net Weight Imperial 20.3 lbs Metric 9.2kg Shipping Weight Imperial 31.5 lbs Metric 14.3kg

Features
• Plays SACD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW
• AES/EBU balanced digital out for PCM sources
• Coax and TosLink PCM digital audio outputs
• Separate 2 channel and 5.1 channel analog outputs
• Balanced 600 Ohm Stereo Outputs
• HDCD, MP3, and WMA decoding
• Bass Management for SACD
• 24 bit 192kHz DACs with DSD mode
• NAD Pure Class A Discrete Gain Modules
• Separate power supplies; switch mode for digital circuits, linear for audio circuits.
• Composite Video Output (switchable On/Off)
• RS-232 port
• IR Input
• 12V Trigger Input
• Detachable AC cord
• M5 Remote Control

SUPER AUDIO FOR ALL CD’s

The Super Audio Compact Disc offers a significant improvement in sonic performance when compared with a standard CD. SACD uses a fundamentally different approach to transferring the analog musical waveform into the digital domain for storage on the disc. This is called Direct Stream Digital, and is widely considered to be a fundamentally better approach to digital encoding. This requires very high speed processing that simply wasn’t available at the birth of the CD format. This high data rate process avoids the quantization errors inherent in the Pulse Code Modulation process used for the traditional CD and DVD. Extended high frequency response, enhanced detail and a more analog-like sound quality are often stated improvements of SACD over CD.

Many of us still have extensive CD collections, however, and luckily the M5 has sophisticated circuitry designed to also get the best possible sound quality from your existing CD recordings. In addition, the M5 includes an HDCD decoder which can increase the dynamic range of CD by 6dB with specially encoded and widely available CDs. CDR and CDRW recordable discs are fully supported, and even MP3 and WMA can be played on the M5 CD/SACD Player offering many hours of playback from a single disc.

But the SACD format also offers the possibility of 5.1 surround sound playback, and the M5 is equipped to take full advantage of these exciting new multi-channel recordings.