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    MEASUREMENTS

    Mar 08, 2022 3 minutes
    —John Atkinson

    I measured the Cyrus CDi-XR using my Audio Precision SYS2722 system.1 This player doesn’t have digital inputs, so I used test signals burned on a CD-R. As these signals are restricted to a word length of 16 bits, this affected my measurements of resolution and noisefloor.

    I used the to check the CDi-XR’s error correction. It played the tracks with gaps in the data spiral up to 0.5mm in length without stuttering, but there were audible glitches when the

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