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Arcam, Cambridge Audio or Sony: Most musical??

I am looking at a Arcam CD37, a Cambridge Audio 840C, and Sony XA5400ES. I don't give a crap about computer audio; I just want to purchase the "best sounding" or "most musical sounding" with the best overall sound quality of the three indicated CD players Thank you
sunnyjim
schubert
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Never heard the Sony but 840C is the very definition of that nebulous term " musical".
jl35
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All three sound great, all three are very musical, all three sound very different.
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tls49
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All three sound great, all three are very musical, all three sound very different.
Interesting comment, reminds me of a review some years ago comparing 3 CD players, describing one as like Madonna, one as like Diana Krall, and the last one like Julie London.

Having owned a Sony XA9000ES, and after doing some reading about the other two, I'd also choose the 840C, but that's just because of the way it's sound is described in reviews.
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