THE SYSTEM
CD PLAYER: ARCAM CD5 £699
INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER: ARCAM A5 £749
STEREO SPEAKERS: BOWERS & WILKINS 607 S3 £599
TOTAL PRICE £2047
Now wouldn’t have looked at all out of place in a hi-fi enthusiast’s listening room a quarter of a century ago. But it comprises all-new products for 2023, and we have to say goes a very long way in proving that there’s life in the old compact disc yet. The CD won’t ever engender the nostalgia and old-school affection of the long-playing record and those wonder-of-engineering turntables that audiophiles – and new fans of vinyl come to that – still really love; but it’s a better method of music replay than many in this new world of hi-res streaming and downloads will give it credit for.
