{"id":175250,"date":"2023-11-15T19:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=175250"},"modified":"2023-11-15T19:06:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:06:45","slug":"pro-ject-cd-box-e-keeping-the-compact-disc-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/pro-ject-cd-box-e-keeping-the-compact-disc-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Ject CD Box E: Keeping the compact disc alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Pro-Ject CD Box E<\/b>\u00a0is the first CD player from the Austrian company Pro-Ject in the budget Elemental series.\u00a0The quality of the model can be assessed at first glance: the compact metal body and aluminum front panel eliminate vibrations and electrical interference.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/100_techweek.webp\" alt=\"\u00a0 Pro-Ject CD Box E CD player\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The front panel of the Pro-Ject CD Box E CD player contains control buttons for the main functions and a 1.54-inch display.\u00a0You can always control the player&#8217;s operating modes.\u00a0The delivery package of the new product includes a remote control.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/101_techweek.webp\" alt=\"\u00a0 Pro-Ject CD Box E CD player\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Pro-Ject CD Box E&#8217;s optical drive is optimized for playback of CD-Auido discs (CD-DA Red Book standard).\u00a0Errors in reading information are minimized, and the sound is accurate and natural.\u00a0Slot disk loading works quickly and almost silently.\u00a0The transport on the chassis is mounted on a damping base to eliminate vibrations.\u00a0The model is equipped with an MS8413 DAC chip, capable of decoding musical material with parameters up to 24 bit \/ 192 kHz.\u00a0Data processing is carried out with high precision, eliminating sound distortion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/102_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Pro-Ject CD Box E CD player\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Pro-Ject CD Box E CD player&#8217;s switching arsenal includes a linear analog output on RCA connectors.\u00a0There is also a coaxial digital S\/PDIF output for using the player as a transport with an external DAC.\u00a0The Pro-Ject CD Box E is available in two finishes: black or silver.\u00a0The laconic European design and small size of the player will allow it to look organically as part of any Hi-Fi set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-Ject CD Box E\u00a0is the first CD player from the Austrian company Pro-Ject in the budget Elemental series.\u00a0The quality of the model can be assessed at first glance: the compact metal body and aluminum front panel eliminate vibrations and electrical interference. The front panel of the Pro-Ject CD Box E CD player contains control buttons [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/pro-ject-cd-box-e-keeping-the-compact-disc-alive\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":175251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-175250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}