Cairn TORNADO CD Player (Silver)
Excellent Condition
RRP: £950 Our Price: £800
TORNADO is based on FOG 3 technical design with a simplified design. We made no compromise when selected the electronic components choice, but some functions are not offered : no XLR OUT, no digital input. Nevertheless it can be supplied with SOFT 24-bit/192kHz upsampler board.
The design. TORNADO offers a basic but very effective design : five buttons to open and close the tray and to easily access the main functions play/pause/next/FF/previous/FB and ON/OFF. The other functions can be controlled by the universal Cairn remote : out level, digital filtering setup with SOFT, display setup.
Musicality is the main asset of TORNADO. It has the difficult mission to follow FOG 2, one of the world reference in this price range for 5 years. TORNADO exceeds the expectation : it is simply better everywhere for a 30% lower retail price ! You will find the same feeling : a smooth, sweetly extended treble, one of the most refined top end : delicacy, definition and detail. Bass is deep and strong with more body and weight, medium is warm and sensual but delicate without any excess. SOFT “the magic bullet” intensifies all the qualities and brings a refinement that you find sometimes only in very high end stuff.
Technical specifications are very close to FOG3. TORNADO uses the same D/A converter the new Crystal CS4398 and a similar analog output stage with bipolar transistor in class A without any negative feedback. The power supply (200VA) is an assset and avoid any analogic saturation. It also offers a great stability to the digital circuits. The transformer wires are separate for analog, digital and the loader control.
