Music Hall cd-25 or Rega planet 2000

You can't go wrong with either of them. They are both fine players for the money. But I would lean more to the Rega myself.

I forgot to mention that being a bass player, for me the low frequency information on recordings is of great importance. I do like hearing the acoustical space of a recording also. I guess i won't really get true bass until i get a set of speakers.

The Rega has a good bottom end on it for the price. It goes fairly deep and is enjoyable. I would not say the bottom end is the weak point.

If anything is a weak point its the high end. I find the high end while also enjoyable, on the rolled off side. The I think Rega did this to hide some of the digital nasties, as well as make it sound more like a turn table.

Cheers
Nick

Boy are you in luck! Go to ecoustics.com. Do a word search under Music Hall. The first review of the MH-CD25 from audaud.com (October 2002) does a direct comparison between the Music Hall and Rega Planet 2000. Rotel 1070 CDP is also compared to the Music Hall in the same review.

BW Maxx

If you like the Music Hall you can get the Onix 88 from AV123 on sale for 299.00. It's the same exact player I believe.