Item History
This listing is for the matching Musical Fidelity kW DM25 CD Transport and kW DM25 DAC, offered together as a two-box pair.
Both components are pre-owned. Please examine every listing photograph carefully, as the images show the actual items being sold and form part of the condition description.
The purpose-designed combination separates disc transport and digital-to-analogue conversion into two substantial matching chassis. The transport provides dual-mono 96kHz digital output, while the DAC converts at 24-bit/192kHz and offers a choice of solid-state or valve Class A analogue outputs.
As these are pre-owned legacy Musical Fidelity products, no manufacturer warranty remains.
Features
The kW DM25 is Musical Fidelity's high-end two-box digital source combination. The dedicated transport reads CD, CD-R and CD-RW media, separates the data into left and right mono streams and upsamples them to 96kHz. The matching DAC then performs 24-bit conversion at 192kHz, with independent solid-state and valve Class A analogue output stages.
- Matching two-box system: Musical Fidelity kW DM25 CD Transport and kW DM25 DAC supplied together.
- Supported discs: CD, CD-R and CD-RW.
- 96kHz dual-mono transport: The transport separates left and right digital data and upsamples each channel to 96kHz.
- Professional digital link: Two balanced AES3/S/PDIF XLR outputs connect the transport to the matching DAC.
- 24-bit/192kHz DAC: Dual-differential conversion with 192kHz upsampling.
- External digital inputs: Coaxial S/PDIF on RCA and optical TOSLINK accept compatible digital sources from 32kHz to 96kHz.
- Two analogue output stages: Separate stereo RCA outputs are provided for the solid-state and valve Class A stages, and both may be used simultaneously.
- Low distortion: Official specifications quote less than 0.002% THD for the solid-state output and less than 0.001% at 1kHz for the valve output.
- Transport dimensions: Approximately 440mm wide x 138mm high x 390mm deep.
- DAC dimensions: Approximately 440mm wide x 138mm high x 390mm deep.
- Weight: Approximately 12.3kg for the transport and 11.9kg for the DAC; approximately 24.2kg combined.
