Audiolab 8300CD Balanced CD Player/32-bit DSD DAC/Preamp (Silver)

On review this time the Audiolab 8300CDQ, a cd-player with integrated DAC and pre-amp functionality that does up to 384 kHz sampling, MQA decoding and rendering. Confused? You won’t be after this episode of The Hans Beekhuyzen Channel. The well-respected predecessor, the Audiolab 8200CDQ, was designed by the esteemed electronics designer John Westlake that also designed the Pro-ject Stream Box S2 and Pro Box S2 Digital. See my reviews, links in the show notes. When the 8300 series was introduced Westlake was not involved but the electronics design was not far off from the 8200 series. For the 8300CDQ he did design the high-res USB input board and MQA decoding, though. I have noticed that too many it’s not clear what the possibilities are of the devices I review. So from now on I will shortly describe the applications. Since the 8300CDQ also is a cd-player, you can use it just like that