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new cd player for $1500.00?

Im in the process of doing an upgrade.
I have the Musical Fidelity A3 85W integrated, the Music
Hall CD-25 player and the new Dynuadio Focus 110 monitors.
I feel my Music Hall is the weak link in my system and
im looking to upgrade this piece.
I would appreciate any suggestions for a new cd player
in the $1500.00 price range that will provide to be
a significent sonic improvement.
I prefer more smooth, liquidy sound, not too detailed
and in your face.
campton
eldarado
381 posts
 
Yes I have. Spent about 1.5 hours comparing. They were pretty close to the same quality in the bass region but, the Apollo was better in every other area.
krellcoda
63 posts
 
You might want to check out a modded Sony dvp-ns900v by TRL for less than $1500. I just got mine and the results are stunning. It just blew away my modded Phillips SACD 1000 in every aspects.
loudandclear
79 posts
 
watch for the new Cambridge Audio 840c . . .
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dennis_the_menace
467 posts
 
ditto the recommendation on a current mod unit. TRL, VSE, Modwright. Check the classifieds, or just send a used recommended unit to any of these top modders.
tedd1
36 posts
 
vsei (don't know about the other modders) even gives a 30-day money back guarantee. If you don't like the sound of your modded sony, you send it back, they remove the mods and send your machine back in its original state. Only catch is, you have to pay for shipping both ways, which in most cases will total no more than $100, but that's not a high price to pay compared to the price of the mods (~$1500 for level 5 unbalanced, quite a bit more for balanced level 5, and less for levels 1-4). I was going to go with Modwright until I found out about the above guarantee, but as yet I haven't sent my sony 9000es anywhere.
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