The best CD Player for the money

You are a lucky soul- Melbguy1- that is an incredible system you own.

I concur about the Romulus spinner (for its price) it is a keeper. As a 'cable guy' I have always wanted to demo Jorma cords.

The Magico S3 & S5 are on my short-list to audition as well.

Any one here using the spinner by Audionet offered by GTT Audio/Video?

Thanks for your kind words Jafant. The Romulus surprised me, for the money it sounds very natural and accomplished.

If you can get an audition of Jorma cables, I think you'd be impressed. Jorma sounds natural, organic and harmonically rich (especially Prime). Origo is more neutral.

Melbguy1-Great info and amazing system.
The Magico Mini is also on my list...the Vitus is a little beyond my reach, but I am intrigued with the Romulus.
Have you used it as a stand alone DAC? I am loading up my new server and a one box solution with AES/BSU as well as USB inputs would be a great fit.

I love my Modwright Sony 5400 and have heard great things about the Ear Acute 3 and Romulus CD players...

@Budburma, Thanks for your kind words. I've been reading up on the Mini 2's recently . They were an all-out effort by Magico at the time to build a statement stand-mount & even today look extremely solid and beautifully built. There is only about a $2k difference 2nd hand between the Mini 1's & Mini 2's, so i'd wait for a pair of Mini 2's to come up at the right price.

I use my Romulus as a cdp & haven't used the dac with any external sources. But the Romulus is essentially a full Pandora dac with a drive which is exactly the way Hans Ole approached the SCD-010/025.

I'm also aiming to reduce my box count & focus on digital. Initially when I get my SCD-025 I will run it as a cdp, but I plan on adding a high end server in future & using the SCD-025 mainly as a dac feeding the server, or for gtg's.