CD/SACD-проигрыватели и транспорты — Musical Fidelity M2SCD

The Musical Fidelity M2scd is a CD player made by Musical Fidelity in Britain and belonging to the M2 series of full-width components. It plays standard audio CDs, has a single stereo pair of line outputs on RCA together with two digital outputs, which lets an outboard converter take over decoding. The case is 440 mm wide and weighs 6.65 kg.

Key specs that matter

At the RCA sockets the player delivers 2.2 V rms nominal at a digital 0 dB level, with an output impedance of 50 ohm. The converter circuit is a 24-bit delta-sigma bit stream design running in dual differential mode with 8x oversampling. Musical Fidelity quotes a frequency response of 10 Hz to 20 kHz at -0.2 dB maximum, channel separation above 105 dB from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, while signal to noise exceeds 117 dB A-weighted. THD is rated under 0.003 percent between 10 Hz and 20 kHz. Linearity stays within 0.1 dB down to -96 dB, and total correlated jitter is under 135 picoseconds peak to peak. Digital output options are S/PDIF coaxial on RCA and TOSLINK optical. Consumption is 20 W maximum, and the case is 100 mm high and 375 mm deep.

Engineering and use context

Musical Fidelity fitted a mains choke filter to clean the incoming supply and a noise filter for the digital data stream. The maker describes the converter section as designed for accurate data recovery from the disc, with low distortion, a flat response and minimal noise and jitter as targets. Mains voltage is preset at the factory to 115 V or 230 V at 50 or 60 Hz, with a 100 V version available as an option. There are no digital inputs, so the M2scd works purely as a disc player rather than as a converter for other sources. With the low source impedance, longer interconnects are less affected by cable capacitance.

Pairing

The finish is black, and the rear panel offers no balanced XLR outputs and no headphone socket. Discs load through a front slot rather than a drawer. The UK price at launch around 2020 was GBP 699. The unit was launched alongside the M2si integrated amplifier, which shares its width and styling. Any amplifier with an unbalanced line input suits it, and owners who later add an external DAC can link it digitally and keep the M2scd as a transport.

Alternatives

The Musical Fidelity M3scd is the step-up CD player, adding coaxial, optical and USB digital inputs plus 12 V trigger connections.