NAD C-565-BEE Owners manual

C 565BEE CD Player

> POSITIONING

> POSITIONING

Long sought after as the ‘Best Buy’ solution for the music lover on a budget, NAD has proven to be a serious contender in the ultra high end of the

market. Our top performing Masters Series has won an impressive number of industry — awards from the coveted EISA award to Stereophile Class A and

Hi-Fi Choice Reference status and Best Buy accolades. These premium products are at the top of the market.

Yet we all aspire to own the best we can afford. The C 565BEE, at the top of NAD’s Classic Series range, has performance that is very close to our

vaunted Masters Series M5 CD Player, yet costs half as much. You’ll notice right away from the newly refi ned cosmetics and solid construction that

this is one very serious high end component.

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> FEATURES

Performance

The C 565BEE applies the very latest in semiconductor

• Plays CD, CD-R/RW

• USB Input allows playback from
solid state memory devices

• SPDIF Optical Input

• Coax and Optical SPDIF Outputs

• Decodes MP3 and
WMA music files

• Displays CD Text and MP3
Meta Data

• Sample Rate Converter upsamples

44.1kHz and 48kHz recordings to
96kHz or 192kHz (selectable)

• Selectable Digital Filter Slopes

• Wolfson 24/192 DACs in Dual

Differential configuration

• Toroidal Power Transformer

• Gold Plated Sockets

• IR Input

• 12V Trigger Input

• RS-232 Serial Interface Port

• Detachable AC Cord

• <1W Standby Consumption

• IR Input/Output

• 12 volt trigger out

• Detachable IEC Power Cable

• <1W Standby Power Consumption

• Free of lead and other
environmentally dangerous
substances

design to make an all new CD Player with performance
that must be heard to be believed. One of the major
shortcomings of CD playback has always been the
relatively low 44.1kHz sampling frequency. The sampling
frequency is how many times the analogue sound wave
is measured or ‘sampled’ creating a staircase like replica
of the original waveform. This is what is stored on
the CD disc.

Later these digitized waveforms are smoothed out by the
circuitry of the CD player. But if the number of steps
could be made much smaller – twice as many or even
four times as many – the waveform would be much
smoother to begin with and the processing in the CD
player could be simplifi ed and improved. This is exactly
what we have done with the C 565BEE by adding a
Sample Rate Conversion circuit that bumps the 44.1kHz
sampling frequency up to 96kHz or even 192kHz.

This higher sampling rate allowed NAD’s engineers to take
full advantage of the latest state-of-the-art DAC (digital
to analogue converter) from Wolfson Microelectronics.

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> DETAILS

C 565BEE CD Player

Offering 24 bit resolution and up to 192kHz sampling
rate, this DAC is a perfect complement to our Sample
Rate Converter.

Although the Signal to Noise Ratio of this DAC is
specifi ed at a very high 128dB, we use two of them
in a Dual Differential confi guration for even better
performance.

But just having premium parts is no guarantee of
performance. We use ultra clean multiple regulated
power supplies to feed the different types of circuits
and mechanical parts that make up the C 565BEE.
Careful circuit layouts, short signal paths, and rigorous
attention to every detail insure that performance
is maximized. Because the Sample Rate Converter
pushes the sampling frequency very high, we can use
a better sounding digital fi lter with less group delay.
This fi lter also has a user selectable roll off slope to
allow fi ne tuning by ear.

The analogue circuitry too must be at the cutting
edge of performance. NAD uses the best quality FET
audio OpAmps selected for their very wide bandwidth
and low noise. Able to deliver ample current and
with a very low source impedance, the C 565BEE is
less sensitive to cable capacitance.

Features

The C 565BEE’s superb digital and analogue
performance can also be applied to other types of
media besides CD. The rear panel optical digital
input caters to a wide variety of digital playback
devices and the front panel USB port allows music
fi les stored on a USB Memory Key or USB Hard
Disc Drive to be played back using the superior
performance capability of the C 565BEE. MP3
and WMA as well as uncompressed WAV fi les are
fully supported whether they are stored on CD-R,
digital tape or mini-disc or USB storage device. Source
inputs are easily selectable from either the front panel
or via the supplied IR remote.

music fi les by adding a rotary knob that controls both
“skip” and “play/pause” functions. Twist the knob
clockwise and you skip forward; counterclockwise
skips back. Push the knob to initiate play. It is so
intuitive to operate that you’ll soon wonder how you
lived before without it.

Green Features

NAD has responded quickly and responsibly to the new
awareness of environmental damage caused by human
activity. The C 565BEE is manufactured without the
heavy metals that have been identifi ed as harmful to
the environment and manufacturing processes meet
the latest stringent international standards. Standby
power consumption is best in class at <1 watt.

Value

Purchasing the C 565BEE, with its expanded capabilities,
is much more than just buying a new CD Player. Not
only does it make an instant improvement in the
sound of every CD in your collection, but also it allows
the introduction of new media into your stereo system
via the USB input.

The convenience of database storage with audiophile
sound quality is an addictive combination! Quickly
browsing and selecting from the expanded possibilities
of new media makes listening to music on your stereo
more enjoyable than ever before.

We encourage you to compare the performance of the
C 565BEE to CD players costing twice as much and
more. The expertise and experience of NAD’s design
engineers makes the difference. Innovative design and
faultless execution, combined with NAD’s philosophy
of frill-free simplicity, result in superb performance
and value.

CD Text and Metadata from MP3 fi les is displayed on
the front panel two line display, along with time, track,
and other program data simultaneously. Display icons
indicate selected input, fi lter slope and sampling rate.

We have also designed the front panel controls to
make it faster and easier to browse large collections of