- It’s a music disc Creation
- Playing vinyl, CD, CD-R and CD-RW
- £299 (around $400 / AU$605)
If you’re feeling fancy this Christmas, you can treat your guests to a turducken, a Cajun creation where a chicken is stuffed into a duck and the duck is then stuffed into a turkey*. Mixx Audio seems to have created the audio equivalent: its new Analog+ all-in-one music system incorporates a CD player integrated into a vinyl turntable, in the center of the platter, so they are concentric circles.
“We wanted to create something truly distinctive,” says Prash Vadgama, CEO of Mixx Audio, and I’d say it’s mission accomplished. This is very strange, but it makes sense for people who are short on space and want one device to do everything.
MIXX Analog+: main features and specifications
Inspired by the look of 1980s hi-fi components and available in black or white finishes, the Analog+ is a fully automatic record player featuring an Audio-Technica AT3600L cartridge and capable of playing 7-inch and 12-inch records at 33 or 45 rpm.
There is both Bluetooth 5.3 and an auxiliary output. Everything is controllable via the included remote control.
It’s a simple design with little visual clutter; All controls are mounted on the front where there is also a small screen to show you progress and mode selection. But while it’s simple, it’s also very unusual, due to that top-loading CD mechanism in the center of the deck.
The CD player of course works with normal CDs, but it also plays CD-R and CD-RW audio and data discs. It plays WAV, MP3 and WMA files at up to 16-bit/44.1 kHz, as well as 48 kHz for WAV files.
This is very strange, and to my knowledge the first of its kind (Mixx certainly claims this): there have been many LP/CD combo players from all kinds of companies, but they have CD transport as a mechanism more obviously separate from the turntable.
Whether this is inspired or madness will emerge when the reviews come in, but you can’t deny Mixx’s ability to think differently here.
The Analog+ is available now for £299 (around $400 / AU$605).
* I wonder: what combinations were tried before arriving at this one?
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