How good is the Lector CD player?

I have heard the lector as my cousin has it and it is a good player,but his buddy said it smoked his audiomecca Mephisto and i had the mephisto that that is not true to me anyway.the Duevel to me smoked both of them.Try it if you can as you have a very good player and see what happens.Good Luck,Bob

Albert,don't even think about the Lector.It has "GOLD" trim!!!

The current issue of HiFi+ did a review and basically said you must listen to it. It is either lover or hate. I have to agree with the review as I heard it and was not all that captivated. Unless your Levinson demands replacement, I would take my time.

I've now owned the Lector and it is by far the most MUSICAL player I've yet heard. I had a Chord DAC64/Blu combo, it was just OK, very detailed but not musical and at over 12k just overpriced. The Lector has now let me forget about my next upgrade and I just enjoy listening to my CD collection. I heard the Lector angainst a Reimyo CDP and yes the Reimyo was a bit smoother but not by much and at almost 16K it should have blown away the Lector.....it didn't.

any other direct experience of listening Lector cd7 against more expensive units?