MODDED CYRUS DAC X+

Beside being a 2009 Best In Class winner, What HiFi says, “It’s good enough to worry machines at triple the price... It sounds staggeringly fast, with amazing definition to the beginnings and ends of notes ...This ability is true throughout the frequency range, but is especially impressive in the bass, where this player uncovers layers of low-frequency textures... You can add exquisitely precise stereo imaging and a stable presentation to the list of plus points, too. Five-Stars.” If you want to take on the $20,000+ exotic CD players—the Linn Klimak, the DCS Puccini, the EMM XDS1, etc.—without pillaging your bank account, Cyrus’ flagship CD transport and DAC separates are the best starting point I know.

There are major noise and vibration advantages in separating transport and DAC into two isolated chassis —and Cyrus has taken advantage of having a separate chassis for each to refine their transport and DAC designs well beyond the high bar set by their single chassis CD8.

Mapleshade’s mod program for the Cyrus DAC X+ includes:

• a replacement air-dried maple chassis bottom plate finished with satin black lacquer
• Megamount-Triplepoint mounting array
• Clearview Mk 2 AC Power Cord with Plus
• power supply capacitor upgrades
• internal wiring upgrades
• major vibration control remounting of DAC circuit and transformer
• cryogenic treament of all chip, circuit and power supply components