Atzen811
I believe the ART DAC will improve the sound of any moderately priced cd player. I was using a Cal Icon mk2 which orginally cost over 1000 and the sound was dramatically improved when I added the ART DAC. Both the soundstage and the smoothness. I then added the Monarchy upsampler which yielded further improvement but to a lesser degree than the ART.
I do think that the quality of the transport affects the final sound. I used a different cd player with the ART and the Monarchy. While the sound improved it was not as good as the sound with the CAL.
Also using the digital output,the cable quality affects the sound. I tried an inexpensive Canare cable which was not as good as the cable from wayne at boulder cables.
I have not tried either of the Rega Players but was thinking of trying them in place of the Cal Ikon and using an ARt/Monarchy/Rega combo
More information on the ART at WWW.Harmonicdiscord.com
Good Luck Jeff
I believe the ART DAC will improve the sound of any moderately priced cd player. I was using a Cal Icon mk2 which orginally cost over 1000 and the sound was dramatically improved when I added the ART DAC. Both the soundstage and the smoothness. I then added the Monarchy upsampler which yielded further improvement but to a lesser degree than the ART.
I do think that the quality of the transport affects the final sound. I used a different cd player with the ART and the Monarchy. While the sound improved it was not as good as the sound with the CAL.
Also using the digital output,the cable quality affects the sound. I tried an inexpensive Canare cable which was not as good as the cable from wayne at boulder cables.
I have not tried either of the Rega Players but was thinking of trying them in place of the Cal Ikon and using an ARt/Monarchy/Rega combo
More information on the ART at WWW.Harmonicdiscord.com
Good Luck Jeff
