Metronome CD8 Signature

摘要

Which CD player was the first to offer digital inputs and therefore the ability to double as a DAC, I cannot recall. Indeed, try naming recent CD players that don't have digital inputs. I do know, however, that my trusty Marantz CD12/ DAC12 is over 25 years old, so it's nothing new, but it is a two-box solution. And yet, back then, there was precious little to feed into it. Not so for Metronome's CD8 Signature, which is as much a high-end DAC as-it is a CD player. With a price of £7500 (£8500 will buy the forthcoming version with a tube output stage), this latest model in the middle of the Metronome catalogue comes in above Le Player [HFN Jul '15], the"CD8 range being the top of the company's all-in-one players. Above this are stand-alone transports and DACs, and the company remains committed to top-loading mechanisms throughout, save for its Music Centre One server.