I’m a sucker for anything with tubes in it as the sound is just amazingly better than systems without. Now Koetsu, world-renowned maker of cartridges, teams up with Italy’s Goldenote for some hand crafted goodness. The unit includes a drawer-type transport “designed for excellent rotation stability, a dual-tube output stage, an internal digital-to-analog converter, and Goldenote’s latest digital technologies, including its acclaimed Zero-Clock™ filter and Electro-Power™ power supply system.” Add this all up and you get vivid and natural sound that brings music alive. The Zero-Clock technology eliminates jitter and clock errors while the Electro Power is the first self-adjusting voltage supply to fancy itself in a consumer product. With 50 checks a minute, power is kept smooth enhancing the sound in doing so.

The Koala Tube has a Burr Brown internal D/A converter with 20-bit resolution. On the back you’ll find XLR outputs, balanced analog outputs ” made with two Electro Harmonix 6922 mini-vacuum tubes for state-of-the-art performance.” A digital S/PDIF and IEC power socket are also found on the back.

The Koala Tube CD player is available now for $2,296 from authorized dealers and does not play Super Audio CDs.

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