A Prima Luna CD-8 (when it's working) with Phillips & Mullard NOS tubes. Even better than (I'm committing heresy here) than my analog end (which, to be fair is 30+ years old)... Amazing sound stage, deep and tight bass, detailed yet mellifluous mids and a clean, precise treble... All in all, the most analog-sounding CD player I've ever heard in its price range ($3K)... but again with the-when-it's working caveat... Mine's in the shop for the second time in two years for repair. The Dutch engineering design is superb... the Chinese manufacturing perhaps less so, notwithstanding the fact that, from the outside it looks and feels very solidly built.
- ...
- 377 posts total
- 377 posts total