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Features
| Warranty length | 2 Years (3 Years on registration) |
|---|---|
| Brand | Cyrus Audio |
| Product Award | What HiFi Award 5 Stars |
Tech Specs
Outputs
- Stereo RCA: 2 pairs fixed
- BFA speaker: Yes
- Headphones: Yes
- PSX-R port: Yes
- MC-BUS: Yes
- SPDIF optical: 1
- SPDIF coaxial: 1
Files
- Max signal res: 16-bit/44.1kHz
General
- Dimensions: 73 x 215 x 360mm
- Weight: 3.6Kg
Product Description
The Cyrus CDi is an impressive CD player featuring their award-winning Servo Evolution CD technology and is billed as their best-sounding CD player ever. Cyrus is globally renowned for the quality of their CD players, and the detail they extract from Compact Discs. This is down to the Servo Evolution disc reading engine.
High-Quality Design
As always, Cyrus has focused on high-quality components - with everything from the power stage to the analogue output components designed to offer the highest quality sound. The CDi will deliver a wide and holographic soundstage, capable of filling any room with detailed and dynamic sound - illuminating details which have previously gone unnoticed.
Next Gen Components
The CDi uses the same components as the CD XT Signature, which includes their latest generation LED disc loader. By using technologies and components from their high-end models, Cyrus has ensured that their lower specification products are comfortably able to outperform competitors in the same price bracket.
32-Bit D/A Convertor
The CDi features a 32bit DAC, enabling the most complex loads into full analogue output. Yet another reason that Cyrus considers the CDi their best sounding CD player ever. Cyrus has provides a host of upgrade options to augment and improve the performance of the CDi. By adding a PSX-R, a cleaner power supply can be provided. Streaming and amplification options are also available.
Press Reviews
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What Hi-Fi Award 2019, 2018 & 2017 "Best CD player over £500" (What Hi-Fi magazine)
What Hi-Fi Award 2016 "Best CD player £500+" (What Hi-Fi magazine)
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'For: Dynamic expression; rhythmic ability; entertaining listen; hugely detailed; upgrade path; worthwhile remote handset' (What Hi-Fi Magazine, March 2014)
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'Arguably the best, most insightful integrated CD player Cyrus has ever made... This really is a terrific machine. In true Cyrus tradition, it puts detail resolution, agility and dynamic expression above all else. We certainly haven't come across a more insightful performer below £1500' (What Hi-Fi Magazine, Feb 2014)
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'We're hugely impressed with the CDi and we're confident you won't find a more entertaining, mor revealing player until you near the £1500 mark' (What Hi-Fi Magazine, March 2014)
Customer Reviews
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Nigel
4 Mar 2023
I've had my Cyrus CDi for about a month and it's run-in now (or 'burnt-in' as Cyrus calls it) and it is astonishingly good sonically, far surpassing my 22 year old previous CD player, revealing a level of crystal clear clarity, authority, weight, and sheer musicality that I just didn't know was there on my CDs. Incredible. Spine-tingling.
If you want to be blown away, listen to Luciano Berio's 'Labortinus 2' (especially Part Two); Stereolab's 'Off-On'; or Kraftwerk's 'Radioland'; to name three that in my opinion demonstrate the CDi at its best.
Cyrus has upgraded the remote and it's now an excellent thing: it has a movement detector in it and 'comes alive' when you pick it up, ready for your press of a button. It also integrates seamlessly with other Cyrus equipment (ie amp) if you have that.
The CD transport system is no louder than opening a CD case and I've never seen a CD player insert or eject a CD whilst playing music, so, any noise is entirely irrelevant to what i bought the CD player for; and after a month I don't even notice the sound of the transport mechanism. Some had said that it's impossible not to touch the playing surface of the CD when it ejects as it doesn't have a tray but a slot system; but I've found that not to be true: it's perfectly possible to touch the centre of the CD when removing it, not the playing surface. If you love music then buy this amp for its music-making ability.
AudioAffair were great: lowest price I could find, helpful, very prompt delivery, and the item was received very well packaged and undamaged. -
Mike S
30 Mar 2016
Having traded up under the recent Cyrus upgrade offer this player is at another level. The soundstage is more open with more intricate layers of music. Couple this with high quality CD and it delivers everything you could wish for in a player at this price point. The reason for 4 stars is the naff remote and very noisy CD transport system when inserting and ejecting a disk. Display is dated. Audio Affair service was second to none, highly recommended.
