CD Classic
With sleek modern styling and more than a nod to classic quality, the EAR CD Classic is built to last.
£5,699
3 year warrantyFinance example
£1,139.80 initial 20% deposit then £189.97 per month for 24 months. Other finance terms available. Finance subject to statusCD Classic
£5,699
The Acute CD player is reborn. When designing the new EAR Acute Classic, Audio Designer Tim de Paravicini took inspiration from the original EAR Acute. Building on its virtues, his all-new design was built from the ground up to provide an improved listening experience. An elegant design and EAR’s extensive knowledge, amassed over a thirty-year history, has culminated in the Acute Classic.
With sleek modern styling and more than a nod to classic quality, the EAR Acute Classic is built to last. Its details are lavished by a hand-polished mirror chrome finish, forming the basis of a timeless design. Its aesthetic is married to leading digital and analogue technology, creating a visual and audible feast for the senses.
The display and power light both emit a luxurious warm hue, providing subtle cues to the glowing valves within. The large volume knob is also a statement of the product’s analogue nature, emphasising the simplicity of interaction. This is honoured by the Acute’s interface, which makes it even more intuitive to experience your digital media.
Compact disc, big sound
Compact Discs are the
home for all things audio. Their abundance and variety make them the
most readily available source of high fidelity music. The Acute Classic
masters the most compelling soundakin to analogue sources. It’s clear
and smooth characteristic caters for vinyl advocates but without the
hassles. You will want to re-listen to your collection in its true
fidelity. The intuitive nature of CDs makes them arguably the most
simple to use of all audio media. It is no wonder how they have become
familiar to so many generations. With three decades of CD production and
many more to come, we created a CD player that should be a fundamental
component of any Hi-Fi setup.
Digital music reimagined
The Acute
Classic’s abilities are not limited to CDs thanks to its built-in DAC.
Unphased by even the most demanding formats, the Acute has the ability
to run 192KHz 24bit sources. Connectivity is covered by the gold
standards of digital inputs. Supporting USB, Optical and Coaxial S/PDIF
makes it adept for dealing with your future digital
audio needs.
DACs have become a necessity for the playback of high-quality digital
music. While your source of digital music may be forever changing, you
can rest assured your Acute will still be capable of processing your
future digital content. It’s the one investment in digital worth having.
The defining duo
The use of two ECC88 valves
help form the basis of the sound signature for which EAR has become
renowned. It is a configuration that shone in the Acute 3 and now finds
itself in the Acute Classic. The layout has been enhanced by borrowing
the winning formula of the high-performance EAR Dac 4. Tim de Paravicini
further refined the design to match the increasing capabilities of
digital audio but with adherence to analogue purity that epitomises
high-end audio.
The merit of mass
The acute classic features
two dedicated output transformers, whose construction give an
exceptional signal to noise ratio. Their bespoke design was conceived
specifically for audio. They are built by hand in Cambridgeshire to
EAR’s exacting standards. The circuitry was then developed in tandem to
ensure they work harmoniously with the valves. This gives rise to the
composed sound that has become synonymous with EAR products.
The perfect mix Vinyl quality sound, digital convenience
The digital circuitry at its heart has been designed to optimise high-resolution digital media. Each step has been carefully considered from receiving digital information, to its conversion to analogue. The digital processing uses a bespoke circuit and signal transformers to boost the low levels created by the Wolfson WM8741 DAC, whilst minimising noise and distortion. The unique design enables crisp audio cwithout the harshness typically experienced with digital sources.
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