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Musical Fidelity M3SCD

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M3SCD - CD Player

The M3scd is a CD Player and stand-alone DAC with sublime performance

The M3scd has been designed to give outstanding CD reproduction and to be a digital hub.

In addition to CD it has 3 digital inputs: coax, optical and asynchronous USB. This makes it particularly useful for set top boxes and/or TV sound improvement. The technical performance is excellent; it has very low distortion, extremely low jitter, excellent signal-to-noise ratio, extremely flat frequency response, exemplary linearity and excellent channel separation.

All in all the M3scd gives excellent CD replay and can act as a versatile digital hub at the same time.

 

 

M3scd In Brief

  • CD player and digital hub
  • Excellent technical performance
  • Very good CD readability
  • Multiple digital inputs - coax, optical and asynchronous USB
  • Very low jitter
  • Excellent build quality and convenient size

 

 

REVIEW & AWARDS

Musical Fidelity M3sCD CD Player Review - Read More

"So it's perfect, right – and there's no point in spending any more on a CD player? Err no, not quite. Listen to a dCS Rossini (via its built-in disc transport) for example, and you'll realise that the M3sCD is but a pale shadow of what's possible from a cost-no-object silver disc spinner. It doesn't have the translucent sound of the ultra high-end machine, nor is there a spine-tingling sense of rhythmic drive or the visceral feel of vast tracts of bass powering out at you.

Yet still, the M3sCD more closely resembles a high-end CD player that's shrunk in the wash, than a cheap machine in an expensive suit. It sounds far better than it has a right to be at the price, with no obvious failings whatsoever. Don't be dissuaded by the fact that Musical Fidelity isn't especially renowned for Compact Disc, then. This is a great machine and to my ears the class-of-the-field at this price point right now." - David Price

 

Hi-Fi Choice 08/15 

"With the M3si a classy midprice combo with genuine appeal."

 

 

 

 

Stereoplay 03/15 

"Sensitive, precise, very relaxed. Price/performance: outstanding." - Roland Kraft 

 

Stereo 09/17

"Good sound - top equipment." - Tom Frantzen

 

 

SPECIFICATIONS

Performance
  • Jitter: <135 picoseconds peak to peak
  • Frequency Response: 10Hz to 20 kHz -0.2dB max.
  • Signal to Noise Ratio: >117dB
  • THD(+ noise): <0.003% 10Hz to 20 kHz
  • Linearity: <0.1dB down to -96dB
  • Channel Separation: 105dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Hardware
  • DAC:24 bit Delta-Sigma (bit stream) dual differential 8x over-sampling
Outputs
  • 1x line level RCA
  • 1x RCA coaxial connector (Digital SPDIF)
  • 1x Toslink optical connector (Digital SPDIF)
  • 1x Trigger output - 3.5mm (1/8”) mono jack +12V DC
Inputs
  • 1x RCA coaxial connector SPDIF 32-192kHz
  • (16-24 bit stereo PCM)
  • 1x TOSLINK optical connector 32-96kHz
  • (16-24 bit stereo PCM)
  • 1x USB type ‘B’ connector -
  • Asynchronous data stream at up to 24-bit/96kHz
  • Trigger in
General 
  • Dimensions - WxHxD (mm): 440 x 100 x 380
  • Weight (unpacked / packed): 6.05 kg / 9.9 kg