Audiolab CD Players
9000CDT
Pure digital disc transport.
The 9000CDT is Audiolab's flagship CD transport — a dedicated digital source with no built-in DAC, designed to feed the finest external converters with a pristine bit-perfect signal. The high-end tray-loading mechanism on a reinforced alloy frame reads ahead and buffers CD data, reducing disc-reading failures and playing scratched CDs that defeat conventional mechanisms. A high-stability crystal oscillator drives both coaxial (RCA) and optical (Toslink) outputs with vanishingly low jitter, while the entire transport sits in an electromagnetically shielded enclosure with its own dedicated power supply. A rear USB-A port adds digital file playback from attached storage. The solid aluminium chassis and 4.3-inch IPS display match the 9000 series aesthetic.
At a Glance
●Pure CD transport (no DAC)
●Coaxial & optical outputs
●Ultra-low jitter crystal clock
●EM-shielded mechanism
●Read-ahead buffer
●USB-A file playback
●4.3″ IPS display
●Designed in Cambridge, UK
Key Features
High-End Tray Mechanism
Reinforced alloy-frame transport with high-spin read-ahead buffering — plays scratched and damaged CDs that defeat conventional mechanisms.
Ultra-Low Jitter Digital Outputs
High-accuracy crystal oscillator drives coaxial (RCA) and optical (Toslink) outputs with vanishingly low jitter — differential line driver on coaxial.
EM-Shielded Transport
The mechanism sits in its own electromagnetically shielded enclosure with a dedicated power supply — zero noise, zero interference.
USB-A File Playback
Play WAV, AAC, WMA, and MP3 files from attached USB storage — FAT12/16/32 compatible for versatile digital source use.
Technologies Inside
Time Domain Jitter Elimination
Timing perfection.
Jitter — tiny timing errors in the digital signal — is one of the most audible forms of digital distortion. Audiolab's multi-stage jitter elimination circuitry reconditions incoming digital signals with extreme precision, removing timing errors and their associated harmonic distortion products before they reach the DAC.
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A closer look at the 9000CDT.
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For complete specifications and technical details, visit the official Audiolab website.