Are you looking for a good, solid CD player? It sounds simple, but it isn't. This starts with the drive, which in many cases is designed for PC or other multimedia uses and is not optimized for CDs. In contrast, the Silent-Drive mechanism in the PD-10AE is one of the few true CD drives that has been specifically developed for safe, quiet CD playback and is mounted centrally in a torsion-resistant steel chassis.

The robustly designed power supply is also not off the shelf, nor is the converter board, which features a modern AKM DAC 4482VT with an exceptionally precise clock: only ±10ppm deviation from the target value - the best conditions for a precisely focused, natural sound.