Can anyone recommend a smooth, rich CD player?


Yikes! Hyper detail is what I have..would like midrange warmth yet do not want rounded bass notes, detailed but not so analytical...I want my music back! help! $1000 used + -
Already have owned a Jolida
thanks
shoe
Audio Aero Prima MKII with the new Sony transport. Used may be a few hundred more than your specified figure.
Shoe, I have to think that the so-called 'hyper-detail' that you mention may not be so hyper after all. Rather it may just be detail perhaps bordering on good to excellent.

Real musical enjoyment is in all the little nuances, dynamics, tempo, dead-silent backgrounds between the passages, etc. and this can only be brought out from a system capabile of revealing such detail.

However, as I'm sure you know, the more revealing a system is for the good(music), the more revealing it is of the bad stuff too, such as time smear, noisy AC, etc.. The bad things turn the music presentation into a compressed, 2-D, hash or digital-like sound with negative sibilance, all of which increases with volume and after about 30 seconds is rather harsh on the ears. Especially at louder listening levels.

If the so-called 'hyper-detail' is a turnoff, then it most likely is the result of listener fatigue which in turn is most likely the result of having no or improper line-conditioning and/or poorly designed interconnects and speaker cables, and/or one or more inferior components and/or speakers in the chain.

Often times the recently purchased component may incorrectly be labeled as 'hpper-detailed', fatiguing, or worse.

Regretably, you are not alone. But rather than fuss over the effects and rob yourself of many hours of potentially fantastic listening pleasure, why not properly address the cause(s)?

-IMO
rega is certainly on the warm side.
marantz also on the warm side if you want sacd, too.
bel canto dac2 is also worth considering.