Many consumers and audiophiles are making the same mistake: they buy neat speakers according to their wish and budget, along with a neat amplifier, but still use the rest of their old gear. Not that an pro-grade piece of audio technology would be no good: we're speaking about the common, crappy cassette players with CD player and their kind!



It is simply a piece of utter nonsense to pay for and gather up a pile of high-end audio equipment in your room and then feed it lousy-quality signal; once you have decided to make the step to another higher level as far as the audio equipment is concerned, you must be prepared to go all the way.



The Quad 99 CD-S is a nifty CD player that will change the way you were used to work with this media; it has simply been designed to offer the best results possible in the price range and allow you for better listening conditions, especially when as a part of a multiple-unit audio rack. In fact, this is what high-end is about: building a sound system piece by piece with extreme care and engineering for each detail and then grouping them together.



Rather than focusing on compactness of multi-tasking (like in the case of a ghetto blaster), the Quad 99 CD-S has received advanced care in design and manufacturing, all focused strictly on achieving a top-notvh CD reading quality.



The Quad 99 CD-S uses a proprietary loading mechanism and a special transport system that ensure better operation conditions for an increased performance. When used in conjunction with other Quad 99 series components, the Quad 99 CD-S attaches to the rest of the rack via the bus-link cable allowing operation through the system's remote and providing a all-in-one center or integrated operations.



Using Crystal 24bit/96kHz DACs, the Quad 99 CD-S CD will also deliver utmost performance used outside Quad systems as well.