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Help! Upgrading CDP in the $1500-$3500 range!

Please give recommendations on CDP and Transports in the $1.5-3.5m. range. Would like to hear about comparisions of EAD Ultadisc 2000, SFT-1 and SFCD-1, CAL CL-15, Theta. Especially on the EAD? Any listening experiences conveyed are appreciated! Big decision!
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jj
5 posts
 
Cal-15 is a great player and sounds special with tubes.
hellohifi
120 posts
 
Keep your current transport or CD player and add a MUSE 296 DAC for less than $3,000.
tomp
37 posts
 
SFCD1 is the one if you can find it in the used market place which I did for less than $2.0k. It offers the warm tubed sound but yet detail and stunning image/soundstage. One drawback though, it does not have coaxial/toslink output so you cannot use it with an outboard dac.
slappy
903 posts
 
Just got an Arcam Alpha 9 about a month and a half ago and I'm still blown away by the improved sound. I also went from using Audioquest Turquoise to Synergistic Research Alpha Sterling interconnects. For the price, ($1600) it was well worth it. I should also mention that my previous CD player was a mass market JVC 6+1 unit, so it may not have taken to much to amaze me. (I'm still kind of new to this high-end stuff.)
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