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Your pick of CD player....

To replace my nice sounding Jolida JD100. With all the well deserved accolades about the JD..I do feel it outperformes many players at the 2K price point and some higher priced players.. I know many of you have upgraded to the AA Prima 24/96 MkII and its a definate improvement. I would concider this and also the Canary 100, Cary 308T(which I owned a few years ago...but couldn't appreciate on my then lousy system)
and perhaps the 303/200 at its used price is worth concidering.

I also think about the older Wadia 21,16 or 6 as they were excellent players in thier time...but perhaps are outperformed by the likes of the players Ive mentioned above...I need some thoughts.....price point is up to ~ 1500-1700 used....Thanks.
kehut
acuujim
207 posts
 
Buy a used Resolution Audio CD 50 or CD 55 for around
Great value at around $1000
foster_9
1,638 posts
 
I have a modded JD100 and recently puchased a Sony 999ES DVD player (only $545) to send to Modwright for one of their Signature Truth mods. While I've said in the past I believe that mods ultimately don't turn out to be worth it, the feedback on this particular player and mod has convinced me to give it a go. The redbook playback of this modded unit is documented by users and reviewers as exceptional; Dan Wright has a great reputation for doing high quality mods at reasonable (for audiophilia) prices. The Modwright Sony 999ES is my next pick.
zenieth
381 posts
 
AA Prima is the one to beat. There's been a lot of discussion here about the Canary being better. I can't comment on that because I've never heard one. The Prima beats the Cary hands down IMHO. Not to mention the latest version Prima has a new face plate and looks better too! I just bought one here with a few hours play time in your price range........
matrix
305 posts
 
Speaking of Mod's and Wadia, None of the players can touch a Wadia 21 if you have the Clock and Caps replaced for about 500.00, its just real digital, if you like the neutral aspect of Wadia and very powerful sound then its the player.. But if you are looking to skew Digititis of the rest of your system then Coloring it with Tubes or any other Dampening device to soften or alter the signal might be the way to go.
mattybumpkin
590 posts
 
Modwright 999ES with platinum mods (and clock upgrade if you can get in your price range used).

Regards,
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