Musical Fidelity M6 SCD CD player

The Musical Fidelity M6 SCD CD player is the flagship of the manufacturer's digital products. It incorporates many of the brand's digital innovations with as few compromises as possible.

Musical Fidelity M6 Scd: Front panel

The case is identical to that of the Musical Fidelity M6 amplifier, and the front panel is made of solid aluminum several millimeters thick.

On the right, you'll find CD loading via an audio CD mechanism. Underneath, 5 buttons give access to the main playback functions.

On the right, below the display, there are 5 other buttons dedicated to digital inputs.

All these functions are, of course, also available on the remote control supplied as standard.

Musical Fidelity M6 Scd: Rear panel

The rear panel is particularly well-equipped! It offers all the essentials, and more! There's a stereo RCA output, doubled by a balanced XLR output. There are also two digital outputs, one RCA (SPDIF) and one Optical (TOSLINK).

It's also possible to use the excellent internal DAC, a double differential 8 x Delta-Sigma 32-bit!

For this purpose, the M6 Scd offers two 32-192kHz SPDIF digital inputs (16-24-bit stereo PCM), two 32-96kHz TOSLINK digital inputs and an asynchronous USB digital input up to 24-bit/96kHz!

Musical Fidelity M6 Scd: Features

The M6 Scd draws on many years of research and expertise to keep jitter and playback errors to a minimum. The M6 Scd CD player is equipped with a mains filter and a high-end digital noise filter. This ensures low distortion and a virtually flat frequency response, with minimal noise.

The M6scd uses a 32-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with 192 kHz up-sampling, offering outstanding technical and musical performance. Analog circuits are fully dual mono and balanced. The power supply features 6 separate regulated and stabilized circuits. The mechanical part is associated with a management circuit separate from the audio circuits.

Musical Fidelity M6 Scd: Testing and listening

The Musical Fidelity M6scd is a high-end CD player and D/A converter in a single package.

The M6scd delivers powerful yet delicate sound reproduction.

The soundstage is impressive in its breadth and definition. The M6 SCD gives a wonderful sense of space without ever crowding the music between speakers.

Transparency is impressive in the midrange, giving voices a very realistic, organic presentation. Fans of classical music will appreciate this CD player for its refinement and nuance. Jazz, Blues or Rock fans will appreciate its powerful, dynamic and controlled reproduction.

And regardless of music genre or production standards, the openness and stereo scene reproduced by the Musical Fidelity M6scd is a convincing asset on every disc auditioned.

This CD player offers flawless musicality and comprehensive connectivity combined with superb build quality. If you have a large CD collection, this is one of today's top choices.

Highly recommended!