Quad Artera Play+ CD player / Pre amplifier

The Quad Artera Play+

The Quad Artera Play+ is Quads newest addition to their Artera range. The Arerta Play+ proudly boasts a very clean, sleek interface with the latest high definition audio technology. The CD Player and DAC is the perfect match for the high power drive of the Artera Stereo. You can enjoy your music with ultra-high resolution playback up to 32bit/384kHz in addition to DSD64/128/256 files through the USB input.

For CD replayability, a new slot-loading mechanism which will buffer data from the disc before feeding it asynchronously, this will minimise time to domain errors; this is known as Jitter to the DAC section. Four digital filter options will enable users to tailor the Artera Play's sound with both CDs and external digital sources, this will help suit personal taste when it comes to listening to the source of music.

Just like each product in the series, it features a preamp section which will proudly boast a Class A type amplification. Two coaxial and two optical inputs to cater to other external digital sources, a pair of RCA phono inputs handling analogue sources and even has balanced XLR varieties to suit any type of listener.

At the heart of the Arteta Play+ lies the ESS Sabre32 9018, to shorten it down, it's a 32-bit, eight channel hybrid multi-bit Delta-Sigma DAC, this is quite possibly the finest D/A converter chip available for any sort of stereo sound. With a USB input backed up with support for PCM data up to 32-bit/384kHz and also DSD64/128/256, ensuring the Artera Play+ is fully equipped to make the most of today’s hi-res music formats, as well as future advances in ultra-high-definition digital sound.

Who is Quad?

Quad is a widely renowned name within the world of hifi, having developed some of the most adept and highly regarded loudspeakers and electronics on the market for the past 75 years. The newly developed Artera series takes the company's prestigious level of engineering experience and design prowess and integrated their critically acclaimed sound into a compact, yet superlative system.