I found the lexicon RT-20 to still be a great sounding transport, but not a particularly good stand alone player...there is a point at which it is simply what you like best...many good machines have been mentioned
Modwrigth is very impressed with the
Marantz SA8005 CD/SACD player as a good platform for a dedicated 2 channel audio player. He will soon offer modifications to this player. There will be a tube modification as well as a SS modification at different price points.
He noted that this model has good power supplies and discrete audiocircuits (no op-amps). (my Sony uses op-amps)
Had I known this before I would have purchased a new Marantz SA 8005 for $1000 and have it modified after about 6 months.
Some reasons why Modwright likes the marantz SA8005 for high quality 2 channel audio.
1. No video circuitry 2. All digital circuitry are fully isolated from analog circuitry. ("very important with modern Hi Rez media and I have not seen this in other players" ) 3. All linear power supplies, well executed.
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