And, in case you wish to use an external converter, the CDS50 also provides S/PDIF and optical digital outputs. You can also input signals digitally via S/PDIF and/or optically (Toslink) or via USB. (For the record, it doesn’t have AirPlay either.) Sure, there would have been additional manufacturing costs and licensing fees involved in providing Bluetooth, but it would have made the CDS50 an even-more attractive purchase proposition than it already is.
Arcam a65 plus reviews Bluetooth#
There is no Bluetooth connection we admit to being a tad surprised by this. MP3 or WMA formats), but can also play back music files you have stored on USB, on a hard drive, on your home computer network, or streamed through your network from the internet (via Ethernet or 802.11g/b/n wireless). Thus the new Arcam CDS50 can not only play digital music stored on CD and SACD (as well as digital music stored on CD-R and CD-RW in FLAC, WAV, AAC, AIFF, OGG, When you’re building a component that must necessarily convert digital signals to analogue signals, it makes good practical sense (and excellent commercial sense) to make sure that it can convert as many different types of digital signals to analogue as possible. All three components in Arcam’s new HDA (High Definition Audio) line are typically ‘Arcam’ in terms of appearance, finish and build quality, those three being the SA10 (see separate review), SA20 and the CDS50 reviewed here. However, following Samsung’s purchase of Arcam (adding to a high-end hi-fi portfolio that now includes JBL, Lexicon, Revel and Mark Levinson) we suspect that many of those rusted-on followers were waiting with bated breath to see what the first new range under new ownership looked like.Īs you can see, it’s basically ‘same same’ - nothing’s changed dramatically. Many audiophiles are ‘rusted on followers of Arcam, having been fans of this British brand since its humble beginnings back in 1976, when it started life in Cambridgeshire, England, as ‘Amplification & Recording Cambridge’ - a name that was soon after sensibly abbreviated to Arcam.
STACKED UP: Arcam’s CDS50 player stacked under the SA10 amplifier from the same new HDA range.
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