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Looking for a CD Player

I am in the process of replacing my Moon CD 5 CD Player --- or might be no reason to replace my present CD Player.  The next CD player if purchased is probably going to be my last as I am a senior in age.  My wife and I are tired of getting up and down and up and down did I mention up and down to listen to the other side of an album. So, we have a number of CDs and frankly like the ease of listening to them.  Not wanting to purchase streaming music.  Therefore, we / I need an education on two subjects -    Do we need to have a DAC incorporated in the CD player and secondly do we need to have SACD capability??  Not wanting to spend more than 3000.00.  All the help would be appreciated.

smerk
mahler123
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I love SACD and have 3 players and several hundred SACDs.  I listen pretty exclusively to Classical and we have kept SACD alive.  However the OP didn’t mention his tastes and apparently owns no SACDs.  Just trying to keep it simple for him best serve his needs

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pennfootball71
278 posts
 

$3000 is not going to get you into anything super amzing…I would get a Schiit audio transport for that and a Mytek Liberty II DAC.

Then I would be happy forever.

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frankmc195
174 posts
 

What the heck.... buy a used Oppo 105 on ebay for a little over $500.00. I know others above said don't buy used but for a budget of $3000.00 you could buy 6 of them if anything went wrong. I have several that I've had for years and all still going strong. They play regular cds and sacds so np.

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richardbrand
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@mahler123 

I share you tastes! Can I ask whether you play your SACDs in 2-channel or 5-channel surround?

smerk OP
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To answer questions and to say one hell of an education.  I spent 30 plus years working on the development of highly classified jets  - I can tell you that with the electronics onboard the US can darken a city in seconds with the highly sophisticated electronics which would not only end streaming but a hell of a lot more damage.  As a pilot I can tell you that the US can bring the darkness to a city.  Worry about streaming  - gone will be all communications  so rest assured music would not be of a concern....

As for my system a basic two channel system - listening to B.B. King on a awesome CD but that could end with a ZAP of Electronic Warfare.

I complain to my wife that my car's GPS system sucks from look ahead, to range, to North up to cursor driven maps - my wife's comment   ----- this is not a multi-million dollar jet.  

But I have learned so much about transports, to DACs, to streaming that all I can say is THANK YOU for taking time out out of your day to provide an enormous amount of information that I will need to disseminate  - BUT - that is what makes this forum invaluable. 

As for raising some individuals back hairs - all was meant as a different perspective on the subject matter. 

And that is what life is all about a different perspective...

Smerk aka PrettyBoy

 

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