is there a current production 20 bit cd player ?

hi jond:

lets have a brief discusssion of what good sound is.

good sound is anything anyone says it is. it is a matter of opinion, even if it doesn't agree with yours.

if you like 24 bits and upsampling because of transparency, detail, neutrality or what ever adjective you choose and i find that i prefer non upsampling and two tubes in the analog stage, it is just that, taste.

i don't see that as justifying a derogatory remark.

if you don't believe me that doesn't mean i am insincere, misrepresenting or a liar.

i'm sorry if you are so offended. maybe you should drink some of the bordeaux wine you sell and relax.

thank you tvad.

i just found another which i am going to investigate.

it is the granite audio 657 with tube output stage.

thanks again for not putting me in the troll club.

for thos who may be interested, my system consists of the following:

quad 63s, vtl deluxe 120 mono amps, a maple tree 66sn7 based preamp from Canada, an Audionote CD2 cd player.

my cable is a hodgepodge consisting of legenburg by capativa, dcca audio and sunny cable technology model 600 cable.

i am looking for a backup cd player to my audionote which a like, as it has age 5751 black plate.

yes i am a bit fussy, but i have a good idea of what i like.

again, thanks for not giving up on me and tell your budies to look at this post to see that i have a hopefully credible audio system.

oh yes, i forgot an important accessory, the EAT cool tube dampers for my 12 volt tubes. it's aluminum and looks like a heat sink and has teflon inserts. really works well. ican't remember the web site but if you do a google search, i think you can find it. iheard these tube dampers at the 2006 CES.

It's not current production, but an excellent 20-bit player was the Denon DCD-1650AR, released in 2001, MSRP $1,800. I've owned two and still have one. While it's no longer my reference player, it's a very fine one, very well made, built like the proverbial battleship, weight 26 pounds 4 ounces! You can pick up a used one at a very reasonable price. (It does have 8X oversampling.)