While reading through the many threads on Vinyl vs. CD, I thought it might be interesting to see what CD transports/players Vinyl fans use when not listening to their analog rig?
The Modwright Truth/ Oppo105 (universal player) is about as good as it gets. And, yes, I have a fantastic vinyl front end and a huge library but do enjoy digital.
i was as skeptical as anyone, but the sony ps1 (currently around $20 on ebay) really does sound vinyl-like--there's some basis for all the hype. i stopped using mine because i felt silly fooling with the controller, but it was sonically impressive.
My digital is antique: Muse model 2 dac, Pioneer PD-65,Genesis digital Lens. Naturally, I wonder if "modern technology" would improve things, but since the digital lens virtually eliminates jitter, and many complain about oversampling.
02-06-15: Jwm Yes the Modright is good, but I like the Aesthetix Romulus a lot better. I have tried quite a few.
+ 1. I went from a heavily modded Ayon CD-5s to a stock Aesthetix Romulus and was amazed by how natural sounding, open and flowing the Romulus sounds. The build quality of the circuit and psu'd is superior as well. But I have to say the Vitus SCD-025 is the best single box player i've ever heard. I've heard the CH D1 which is very good & I like one or two things better with that player, but preferred the sound of the Vitus overall (especially in synergy with the SIA-025). But not cheap! The Romulus is a giant killer at its price point. I recently sold my Romulus to a guy who is upgrading it to the partial-Eclipse upgrade. He is wrapped!
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