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Key Features
The Pre-XR is one of the first wave of products, heralding the new XR series of Cyrus components. The familiar Cyrus precision die-cast case is the same, but everything else has changed. With ground-up engineering inside, an all-new phantom black paint finish, touch-sensitive controls and a higher resolution display that is customisable for brightness, contrast and polarity, the high-quality finish of XR makes a strong statement.
Product Ref: 209757
The Pre-XR is one of the first wave of products, heralding the new XR series of Cyrus components. The familiar Cyrus precision die-cast case is the same, but everything else has changed. With ground-up engineering inside, an all-new phantom black paint finish, touch-sensitive controls and a higher resolution display that is customisable for brightness, contrast and polarity, the high-quality finish of XR makes a strong statement.
The Pre-XR analogue preamp features relay input selection and a new high-performance gain stage. This short path design makes the analogue preamplifier extremely transparent. With four analogue inputs and phono MM, the Pre-XR will cover just about any system requirement for analogue connectivity.
A new menu system makes the Pre-XR highly customisable yet easy to set up. With a tree-style navigation structure and both local and remote control navigation, menu settings are quick and simple to select.
The power supply design of the Pre-XR has received special attention. An over-specified 74VA power transformer delivers power to a high capacity power supply reserve. Within the circuit design, a generous total of 15 independent power supply regulators regulate, then sub regulates quiet power. Digital control circuits are assigned a separate mains power supply, completely isolated from the signal circuitry.
The DAC input stage of the Pre-XR features a new 2nd generation version of our award-winning QXR DAC, but with an all-new high-speed analogue buffer stage. Seven digital filter alignment options are user adjustable to suit the taste of the listener. Input options include USB audio (to 768k sample rate) and DSD to DSD512, 2 x SPDIF digital and 2 x optical digital inputs.
Analogue Inputs | 4 |
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Phono MM Input | 1 |
Optical Inputs | 2 |
Coaxial Digital Inputs | 2 |
Asynchronous USB Input | 1 |
Analogue Preamplifier Out | 1 |
Headphone Output | 1 |
Upgrade Port | PSU-XR |
Headphone Amplifier | 2 x 138mW into 16 Ω (<0.1% THD) |
SPDIF Supported Formats | 16/44.1k – 24/192k |
USB Supported Formats | 16/44.1k – 32/768k |
DSD Supported Formats | up to DSD512 |
DOP Supported Formats | up to DOP128 |
Remote | iR14 |
Dimensions (H x W x D) | 73 x 215 x 360 mm |
Weight | 4.3kg |