Specifications

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kless statement to make, however you don’t yet know what’s inside the CD-5. Once you know

that, you may see I’m not so reckless in that assertion. For starters, the player is huge, at 50 x 41

x 13 cm (approx. 20 x 12.5 x 5 inches) it is quite a bit larger than most players. More volume

means more space to include a nice preamp section, which is precisely what Ayon has done. It’s

massive with a capital M, with a half inch thick aluminum-brushed anodized black chassis

bringing its weight to 45 pounds (18 Kg)! It’s much deeper and wider than most players, so take

care with placement as it may not fit your current rack. No problem, get a different rack. No

shelving should stand in the way of this purchase decision. You may want a different rack

anyway; this player should not get stuffed in between shelves as it gives off much more heat than

a traditional CD player - it has eight tubes inside. You’re going to want an easy access set up

anyway, as it’s a pain to reach into a shelving unit to access a top loader.

Externally the front mounted backlit top controls are expanded to include not only basic

functions such as PLAY, STOP, PAUSE and SKIP TRACK, but also VOLUME +/- and INPUT.

Should anything untoward happen to the remote, one is not SOL.

Initialization process of discs continues to undergo refinement with the CD-5. In the CD-2, there

were occasions when initialization did not occur properly approximately once every fifteen

attempts. I would lift the lid slightly to re-seat the disc for initializing. With the CD-5 all such

niggling adjustments have been banished; not once has a disc failed to initialize perfectly, and I

might add quickly. Gerhard pointed out that the “misfire” was a slightly touchy MCU (or “error”

correction chip), which in the CD-5 has been reprogrammed to work flawlessly. Even upon