Audio Research No Longer Has A CD Player In Its Product Lineup

Are we done seeing high end one-box cd players?
They list their DAC9 as their only digital offering.

mitch4t06-13-2021 7:43pm

riaa_award_collectors_on_facebook Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,003 posts 06-13-2021 at 09:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Audio Research CD players were never held in high regard vs Esoteric/MSB/DCS/T+A/Gryphon and plenty of others. Matter of fact the "8" was known to have plenty of issues.
bifwynne Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,206 posts 06-14-2021 at 01:29am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete riaa_ etc .... Sorry to be disagreeable. I owned the CD-8 for about 9 years. It gave me great service. I since swapped up to the CD-9SE and it has been totally reliable. I haven't tried the DAC side of the house yet, but many forum members have posted complimentary compliments about the CD-9 DAC. Not having heard the other players listed in your post, I can make no comment. BIF
sfstereo Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 215 posts 06-14-2021 at 04:33am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I had the CD 8 for many years and now my father is using it. No issues at all. Also have had theCD 9 for 6 years and no Issues either.
jafant Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 20,527 posts 06-15-2021 at 01:55am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete mitch4t Thank You for posting. Dumb move on ARC behalf. Luckily, there are players available on the secondary marketplace. Happy Listening!