The Cary C-303 CD player

August 2000

A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
The Cary CD-303 CD player

Anthony Kershaw

Dennis Had, head honcho at Cary Audio Design, produces some of the finest valve amplifiers in the USA. His CAD-300SE Signature single ended triode amp and CAD-211M push-pull beauties are especially fine. In these, and others of their kind, Cary specializes. As such, digital has definitely not been their stock-in-trade. Therefore, it came as a very pleasant surprise to receive the spanking new CD-303 one-box CD player for review....

Review to be published shortly...

Associated Components

Digital: Sony SCD-1 SACD player, Arcam Alpha 6.
Preamplifier: Audio Research SP9 Mk. II
Power Amplifiers: Assemblage SET-300B single ended triode power amplifier, Rowland Concentra integrated amplifier
Loudspeakers: Gallo Acoustics Nucleus Solo
Cables: Interconnects: Audioquest Emerald, Kimber PBJ, Wireworld Polaris III Loudspeaker: van den Hul M.C. The Sky-Line Hybrid, Monster Cable XP.
Accessories: Black Diamond Racing Cones (Nos. 3 and 4), Target wall shelf and stand, Seismic sink, BBC boards.

Cary CD-303 CD player
Manufactured by Cary Audio Design
Woodwinds Industrial Court, Cary, NC, 27511, USA
phone: 919 481 4494, fax: 919 460 3828
web: http://www.caryaudio.com, e-mail: info@caryaudio.com
Price: US$2995.00
Source of review sample: Audiopathic. (Canadian Distributor)