Hi kiteflyer45
I've had both of these cd players in my system within the last year or so because I needed a "temporary" something to use as I was having a dac built in the UK. I've had a chance to listen to them both in a system I'm very familiar with. For under $1000.00 they both sounded very nice.
The Marantz CD6006 is a very good well rounded cd player that performed better than I expected. I was surprised that they were able to give you so much sound quality for under $500.00, the technology has really come a long way.
The other player that surprised me was the Rotel model CD14, it's strength was it's bottom end was very solid. They also make a $1000.00 cd player that I would like to listen to.
I don't know what your budget is but I can tell you that I was shocked at the sound quality from the Yamaha CDS2100 I owned for about 2 years. It was way better than I expected. Yamaha definitely knows what they're doing. They make their own transports (which seems to be the weak point of a lot of these cd players over time) they're drawer mechanism is very smooth and quiet when you open it, it's also metal, not plastic which I really liked. Another benefit of the Yamaha player is it also plays sacd's. The tonal color and timbre of this player was absolutely gorgeous. The player is built like a tank and weighs about 34 lbs. The retail is $3000.00 but you can find them for less. Message me and I'll let you know the whole story.
Good luck with whatever you choose.
Scot
I've had both of these cd players in my system within the last year or so because I needed a "temporary" something to use as I was having a dac built in the UK. I've had a chance to listen to them both in a system I'm very familiar with. For under $1000.00 they both sounded very nice.
The Marantz CD6006 is a very good well rounded cd player that performed better than I expected. I was surprised that they were able to give you so much sound quality for under $500.00, the technology has really come a long way.
The other player that surprised me was the Rotel model CD14, it's strength was it's bottom end was very solid. They also make a $1000.00 cd player that I would like to listen to.
I don't know what your budget is but I can tell you that I was shocked at the sound quality from the Yamaha CDS2100 I owned for about 2 years. It was way better than I expected. Yamaha definitely knows what they're doing. They make their own transports (which seems to be the weak point of a lot of these cd players over time) they're drawer mechanism is very smooth and quiet when you open it, it's also metal, not plastic which I really liked. Another benefit of the Yamaha player is it also plays sacd's. The tonal color and timbre of this player was absolutely gorgeous. The player is built like a tank and weighs about 34 lbs. The retail is $3000.00 but you can find them for less. Message me and I'll let you know the whole story.
Good luck with whatever you choose.
Scot
