Unison Research is a family owned high finish audio firm formed in Treviso, Italy. They have been creation tubed, plain state, and hybrid components given 1987. There are a number of unique things about Unison Research, a of them being that all their products are still done in their assembly lines in Italy. You can gamble that is a assembly lines debate this reviewer would burst at the luck for! Also unique is the fact is that they are the sister firm to Opera, who make superb loudspeakers.
I have read about Unison Research for years now, and when we was convention my initial actual "reference" system", that we was gritty to make blood vessel based, a buddy referred to Unison Research should be on my partial list. Unfortunately, at that time there was no local dealer. Fast deliver to CES 2012 when we entered the Colleen Cardas Imports room. Based in Austin, TX, they are the importer of both Unison Research and Opera products. we was so tender with the sound of the room that we listed it as a of the most appropriate of show, and was gritty to obtain a few Unison products to review, and hopefully, down the road, a few Opera speakers.
Marc Phillips, of CCI, was exceedingly accommodating, and concluded to send me the Unico PrimoCD player. Marc is really knowledgeable, and a of the nicest guys you will encounter in the business. He evidently has a passion for high finish audio. The Unico line, by the way, focuses on hybrid (tube and plain state) designs. The principal Unison Research line consists of tubed components and turntables.
The theme at palm is the access turn CD player in the Unico line, called the CDPrimo. The CDPrimo is labelled at $2295. It is a 24 bit, 96 Khz upsampling player that is out propitious with a Teac transport, Wolfson DAC chips, a Burr Brown representation rate converter, and a earn theatre that is written around a singular 12AU7/ECC82 twice triode blood vessel working in pristine category A. To make it even more engaging there is a USB digital input, together with a coaxial SPDIF digital output. According to Unison Research, " the USB digital submit is written to be related with any streaming device such as Personal Computer or laptop and accepts isochronous audio data. An vehicle noticing IC performs a pristine conversion of information to typical S/ PDIF format stuff oneself the DAC circuit. " By the way, the Unico CDE, the flagship player in the Unico line, comes with a horde of extra features, similar to offset outputs, multi-part digital inputs, and upscale parts, and more.
The CDPrimo out of the box is visually stunning. My examination representation came with a china faceplate. The front row buttons are laid out artistically, and there is a considerable block shaped LED display. As a good finishing touch, trustworthy is a pleasing timber logo. The Unico line is moreover existing in black as well and, from what we have seen, is similarly as stunning. The remote manage is a thing to behold, with a sculpted timber figure and aluminum front row filled with buttons that can manage a horde of Unison components. Leave it to the Italians, even the remote is stylish! The erect high quality is superb, and over what we design at this cost point. By the way, the CDPrimo is done in Italy, in box you were wondering. No outsourced Asian, or Third World, production here.
Set Up Listening:
I set up the CDPrimo with Symposium Rollerblocks, a DH Labs Encore AC cable, and Kimber KCTG interconnects. The initial thing you see when powering on the player is a "Valve Warm Up" thirty second countdown. When we initial strike the expel symbol we was really tender with the fibre of the tray. That is obviously flattering critical to me, as we have encountered a few rsther than precarious trays on players in this cost indicate and even well above. The CDPrimo’s loading tray was as well-spoken as butter. we moreover was really approving of the considerable front row display, that authorised me to see the follow figures and times from a good 8 feet away.
After getting a hoop on the CDPrimo’s sonic attributes, a few in force difference advance to mind. we felt the CDPrimo was bold, vivid, full-bodied, and exciting . This was the furthest thing from a drab component. That is NOT to say it was bright, edgy, or gaunt sounding. That would be the furthest thing from the truth. It was a of the most tonally pleasing and seductive players we have advance across.
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