Cyrus CDi

Cyrus hasn’t put a foot wrong with its CD players for as long as we can remember. In fact it would be fair to say that the company’s track record has been phenomenal. So it’s no surprise that the Cyrus CDi – the successor to the Cyrus 6SE and Cyrus 8SE – is a typical gleaming example of the company treading the right path.

₹1,48,975

Articulation and vibrancy

While the British audio brand has since launched the excellent flagship CDi-XR, the original CDi still sets the benchmark at its more modest (although admittedly still significant) price. And after a very short listen to it, we remain convinced of the scale of Cyrus’s achievement here.

We play Hans Zimmer’s Dream Is Collapsing from the Inception soundtrack and right away the CDi displays the uniform, articulate and intuitive presentation that we would expect from a more expensive player.

It offers buckets of detail, and the finer flurries of quieter instruments surface, while the more intense parts of the score soar to a dramatic climax. Each layer of the composition is precisely unpeeled, and each instrument passes through the mix with coherent flow and tact.

But the rhythmic talent here is what really raises our eyebrows. Pace and momentum is exercised with articulation and vibrancy.