@baylinor,
It should be interesting to see the outcome of your quest.
I’ve tried various CD players over the years and they all sounded more or less the same.
Therefore I stopped at my current deck, the Marantz CD6000ki.
I gradually diverted my energies into finding better masterings of various CD releases over the years - and yes, there are easily discernible differences to be found.
Differences which simply dwarf any of those to be found between any of the CD players I’ve heard, and I’ve heard quite a few.
These included various Marantz and Arcam decks, the Rega Saturn, the Linn CD12, Pioneer SACD, a few UK tuned Sony’s.
The only ones I haven’t heard are those strange hybrids which feature a tube output.
Perhaps it’s also worth bearing in mind that whilst not all LPs were not all equally well recorded and mastered, with CDs the search becomes increasingly more difficult.
It’s far easier unfortunately to compress the sound of a CD than it is of vinyl. Therefore we audiophile fans of mainstream music rarely get to hear just what they are capable of.
Not that those who produce the music could care any less of what we may think.
It should be interesting to see the outcome of your quest.
I’ve tried various CD players over the years and they all sounded more or less the same.
Therefore I stopped at my current deck, the Marantz CD6000ki.
I gradually diverted my energies into finding better masterings of various CD releases over the years - and yes, there are easily discernible differences to be found.
Differences which simply dwarf any of those to be found between any of the CD players I’ve heard, and I’ve heard quite a few.
These included various Marantz and Arcam decks, the Rega Saturn, the Linn CD12, Pioneer SACD, a few UK tuned Sony’s.
The only ones I haven’t heard are those strange hybrids which feature a tube output.
Perhaps it’s also worth bearing in mind that whilst not all LPs were not all equally well recorded and mastered, with CDs the search becomes increasingly more difficult.
It’s far easier unfortunately to compress the sound of a CD than it is of vinyl. Therefore we audiophile fans of mainstream music rarely get to hear just what they are capable of.
Not that those who produce the music could care any less of what we may think.