Audiolab 7000A + Audiolab 7000CDT + Wharfedale Linton

CD transport

Positioned between the 6000 and 9000, the 7000 fuses premium features in a price category that follows the mantra of class-leading performance.
Outwardly similar to the sequential series and therefore offering a brand-wide visual aesthetic combination, the audiolab 7000CDT enhances the 6000CDT with a new mechanism, USB hard disk playback and a new full-colour IPS LCD display. More compact than the 9000 series and perfectly matched to the 6000 and 8300 series, it maintains crisp ergonomics, high quality engineering and excellent overall performance.

The 7000CDT uses a high-precision optical system with an electronic data buffer for perfect and accurate CD playback. With technology very similar to the 9000CDT, the 7000CDT uses a digital read-ahead buffer to reduce disc read failures, helping to play scratched and damaged CDs that may be unreadable with conventional mechanisms.

To ensure that a perfect signal reaches the accompanying DAC, the coaxial output of the 7000CDT is fed from a differential line driver. The master clock is controlled by a high-precision crystal oscillator, allowing the digital output from the coaxial and optical jacks to exhibit extremely low levels of jitter (digital distortion).

The 7000CDT's low-friction load tray, rugged aluminium base and chassis work to cope with the vibrations experienced due to the mechanics of a high-speed rotary motor. In addition, the transport is mounted in its own electromagnetically shielded enclosure with a dedicated power supply. All this contributes to exemplary digital signal extraction, while proven resonance reduction further improves performance and after-effect in signal chains and auxiliary Hi-Fi equipment.

In addition to the class-leading CD playback design, the 7000CDT also offers compatible digital music files via a dedicated USB "Type A" connection on the rear of the unit. All significant high-resolution, lossless audio formats are supported, including WAV, AAC and WMA, as well as compressed legacy MP3 formats.

Features:

• CD transport compatible with CD, CD-R and CD-RW formats.
• USB port capable of playing MP3, WMA, AAC and WAV file types.
• Supported USB hard disk formats: FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32.
• Coaxial and optical (toslink) digital audio outputs.
• 12V trigger socket.
• Dimensions: 44.4 x 32.2 x 7.8 cm.
• Weight: 5,5 kilos.

Offer for reconditioned, only for one silver unit, in very good condition and with full three-year warranty. Check availability.

The Wharfedale Linton represents the most iconic model in the brand's long history of loudspeakers. We are looking at a speaker system that embodied Wharfedale 's pioneering research throughout the 60's, 70's and 80's of the last century, with a lineage that dates back to 1965 and that has always been manufactured respecting the principles of absolute quality and quality/price ratio that have governed the business history of the British firm. The new Wharfedale Linton, part of the prestigious Heritage Series, magnificently exemplifies this philosophy through a carefully balanced balance of high-level craftsmanship, sonic naturalness and affordability in the context of a beautifully proportioned speaker, whose different incarnations number in the millions spread across the whole globe. The original Linton earned a solid reputation for the warmth, richness and naturalness of its sound, so the new Linton preserves these fundamental elements, complementing them with an open and detailed sound presentation that invites you to rediscover the most extensive of music collections. We are facing a new great classic that exemplifies the best and most timeless tradition of the 'English sound'.

Characteristics:

• 3-way shelf monitor and very high performance.
• 1 woofer with 200 mm intertwined Kevlar fiber cone.
• Midrange speaker with 135 mm intertwined Kevlar fiber cone.
• Dome tweeter with high-power magnetic motor and ceramic magnet.
• Midrange and bass speakers with magnetic flux control scheme.
• Enclosure with high rigidity and very low coloration.
• 2 rear bass-reflex ports.
• Frequency response: 40 - 20,000 Hz, +/-3 dB.
• Sensitivity: 90 dB/W/m.
• Nominal impedance: 6 Ohm (minimum 3.5 Ohm).
• Associated amplifier power between 25 and 200 W.
• Available in mahogany or walnut finish.
• Dedicated floor stands optionally available.
• Dimensions: 300 x 565 x 330 mm (W x H x D).
• Weight: 18.4kg.

Price per pair.

Optional specific supports.

Very limited stock. Consult.

Finishing of the boxes in black and floor supports in mahogany color with the manufacturer's stock broken. Check availability.