The best CD Player for the money


I AM IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING A CD PLAYER AND I DONT KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.WITH SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM I WANT TO PURCHASE SOMETHING GOOD BUT I DONT WANT TO SPEND 10,000 EITHER.
jazze22
Music Hall MMF CD-25 with a tube output stage $950. Available at Deete's Audio in Sacramento, Ca. only. I'm not affiliated with Deete.
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Khenny i'm glad you posted a report on the new Prima, i've heard the Cary and was not impressed, in spite of the rave reviews on the unit. I'm after the Vecteur trans + which DAC?
mkanna,
I have a musichall mf25, but it does not have a tube output stage. Tell us more about this mod. Have you compared it to an Ahtjoeb?
No, I haven't compared it to the Ahtjoeb. I listened to it instore compared to AMC and Jolida tubed units and it was clearly an improvement over these. In home it sounded comparable to an Audio Alchemy (top of the line) transport and a $1500 Dac by the kit division of Sonic Frontier (I can't seem to remember names today, and by the way they're going out of business). Deete's soundroom mods the players for about $300-400. I'm saying that on the comparison that the MH is about $650 new, unmodded and about $1000 modded. I could be off a little on the price. I looked at this unit about 3 months ago, so I'm vague.