If you are within the UK spare parts can be obtained directly from Creek Audio. If you are outside the UK you must contact our appointed distributor of your country. The full distributor list can be found here.

You can either fit a phono plug in board (there are 4 options available - a moving magnet standard or special edition and a moving coil standard or special edition) or alternatively purchase a stand alone Creek phono preamplifier.

There are two versions available - either the OBH-15 switchable moving magnet/moving coil or the OBH 18 moving magnet only version. If you choose the plug in board then use input 1 as the phono input.

When it comes to the question of cables we suggest that you speak to your dealer as he will be far more familiar with the many options available in today's market. We ourselves are not in the cable business and as such do not make specific recommendations.

If within two years of purchase your Creek product proves to be defective for any reason other than accident, misuse, neglect, unauthorised modification or fair wear and tear, we will repair the defect or, at our option, replace the faulty speakers without charge for parts, labour or return carriage.

This warranty is applicable in the United Kingdom only and given in addition to your statutory rights.

Service enquiries in countries other than the United Kingdom should be addressed to the local Creek agent or distributor. Warranties granted in these countries are entirely at the discretion of the agent or distributor.

Trying to play a Copy Protected Disc on these players will cause some unexpected responses, which are not faults of the player. They are CD Players that were designed to read red book only discs.

Please navigate to the following link www.british-audio.org.uk where you will be able to read an article published by the Federation of British Audio. We would add that Creek’s new CD50 Mk2 CD Player will read all known copy protected discs.

Internally the CD50 mk2 has a new ROM drive. Extracting the digital information from the ATAPI bus, similar to a computer, has enabled Creek to work with a virtually jitter free signal source. To convert the signal to a usable format, the CD50 mk2 uses a digital buffer circuit (FPGA) that stores the signal for a short time and converts it into a suitable format for feeding to a D to A converter. This creates shock immunity from the player, so that the disc is not playing exactly in real time, but slightly delayed through the dynamic buffer. It also converts the signal into a SPDIF signal to provide a high quality digital output, which is now available via TOSLINK optical as well as co-axial sockets.

With an improved and symmetrical layout with shorter signal paths, the CD50 mk2 has much better measured performance, with signal to noise and THD figures much lower than on the mk1. This is due to the mk2 having distributed power supplies with 7 digital and 5 analogue low noise voltage regulators and low noise resistors. A higher frequency clock oscillator is used in the mk2 and is synchronised with the micro controller and buffer clock to minimise internal interference. Two separate high current mains transformers are used in the CD50 mk2. The voltage to the digital and analogue circuitry, display and ROM drive are kept completely separate, for maximum interference immunity.

Finally the CD50 mk2 has been designed to read all known ‘Copy Protected Discs’ that currently exist. In future, CPD’s with revised copy protection algorithms may cause problems, but with its upgradeable software and firmware capability, the CD50 mk2 can be easily upgraded by the dealer or importer to play such discs.

The output impedance and damping factor of an amplifier is not the only criteria for confirming its ability to drive difficult loads. It is also necessary for the amplifier to have high peak current. Creek Amplifiers have the ability to provide greater than 30 Amps peak current for more than 50mS. This combination makes it possible to increase its output power into a low impedance.

Here is the wiring diagram of the mains transformer:

This only applies to these products: 4040 - 5250 - 5350