Look for older Sony ES and Pioneer Elite DV series CD/SACD/DVD players. They have excellent transports and optical mechanisms, plus the use the highly regarded Burr-Brown DACs. As mentioned before they are overbuilt, heavy and great looking.
Comparing these CD players with my gear...
Hi folks,
I'm always messing around with CD players. A longtime audio friend of mine says I have a CD fetish... well, he's probably right. In a medium that is slowly dying, I'm still spinning discs more than ever. I stream too, but there still something awesome about taking a CD or LP and placing it in/onto a machine to play the sweet music we all love.
Anyway, in my latest jaunt for something new, I've put together my latest list of players that have caught my eye for one reason of another. My gear consists of a Creek 4330SE integrated amp and Vandersteen 2C speakers. Cables are DH Labs Q-10's and Air Matrix interconnects.
So what are your thoughts/impressions/comments on the synergies of the following CD players and how they would sound with my gear. I'm most curious about the Naim, Cambridge Audio and Myryad.
Naim CD3.5
Cambridge Audio 840c
Myryad MCD600
Cal Audio Labs Icon mkII Power Boss
Marantz CD6006 (or CD6005)
Rotel RCD-1072
I'm always messing around with CD players. A longtime audio friend of mine says I have a CD fetish... well, he's probably right. In a medium that is slowly dying, I'm still spinning discs more than ever. I stream too, but there still something awesome about taking a CD or LP and placing it in/onto a machine to play the sweet music we all love.
Anyway, in my latest jaunt for something new, I've put together my latest list of players that have caught my eye for one reason of another. My gear consists of a Creek 4330SE integrated amp and Vandersteen 2C speakers. Cables are DH Labs Q-10's and Air Matrix interconnects.
So what are your thoughts/impressions/comments on the synergies of the following CD players and how they would sound with my gear. I'm most curious about the Naim, Cambridge Audio and Myryad.
Naim CD3.5
Cambridge Audio 840c
Myryad MCD600
Cal Audio Labs Icon mkII Power Boss
Marantz CD6006 (or CD6005)
Rotel RCD-1072
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NAIM AUDIO CD3.5 = TDA1305 CDM12.5 / VAM1205 CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur840c = AD1955A Sanyo SF-P101N MYRYAD MCD600 = CS4396-KS KSS-213C California Audio Labs Icon mk II HDCD = 2 x PCM1702 – PMD100 Panasonic RAE0113Z MARANTZ CD6005 = CS4398 Sanyo SF-P101N ROTEL RCD-1072 = PCM1732 KSS-213C / KSS-213CL Looking at the dac converter chips, and transports/lasers, for Redbook cd replay. I'd go for the CAL Icon, it's got a very good Burr Brown PCM1702 Multibit chip, and the HDCD PMD100 filter chip. Cheers George |
"Looking at the dac converter chips, and transports/lasers, for Redbook cd replay. I'd go for the CAL Icon, it's got a very good Burr Brown PCM1702 Multibit chip, and the HDCD PMD100 filter chip." Why not look at the analog section of the dac as well? It accounts for half of the component and has just as big of an effect on SQ as the digital half. Also, listing individual parts like the dac chip and filter shouldn't be relied on too heavily. The overall design is far more important. There's plenty of CD players that share the same parts, but sound completely different. |
The Cambridge Audio Azur 851C is superior CDP with DAC and pre amplifer capabilities, Really great contender to your list. http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/cambridge-audio-azur-851c-cd-playerdac/ |
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