Exposure XM CD/XM5 CD Player/Amplifier (2019)
Documentation on the Exposure XM CD/XM5 is thin, thinner than you'd expect for a brand with Exposure's pedigree. What the record shows: this was a half-size CD player/integrated amp combination, released in 2019 as part of Exposure's XM series of compact components. Hi-Fi News (2019) described it as offering "a grown-up sound along with facilities normally seen on full-width separates," and noted that Exposure was among the manufacturers deviating from the traditional full-width chassis - a path also trod by the likes of Cyrus.
The XM5 amplifier half is the better-documented one. It delivers 60 watts per channel into 8 ohms at 1kHz. Total harmonic distortion is rated below 0.01% at rated power and frequency response is 20Hz-20kHz ±0.5dB. It packs a DAC with asynchronous USB and DSD support, plus a moving magnet phono stage, into its compact frame. A large 200VA custom toroidal transformer handles power. The casework is all-aluminum with an extruded front panel, available in black or titanium. The original price is uncertain. Figures of $1,895, £1,650, and £2,200 all circulate, with no clear resolution.
The CD player itself, the "XM CD" half of the pair, is almost entirely undocumented in the available sources. No details on its transport, DAC, or even its basic specifications have surfaced. The record treats the pair as a single combined product, and beyond the fact that it existed as a half-size CD player/amp, little else is recorded.
- Power output: 60W/ch into 8 ohms (1kHz)
- THD: <0.01% at 1kHz, rated power
- Frequency response: 20Hz–20kHz ±0.5dB
- DAC with asynchronous USB and DSD support
- MM phono stage
- 200VA custom toroidal transformer
- All-aluminum casework, black or titanium
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