AMR CD-77

amen to that!!!!!

I'm truly looking forward to hearing the AMR cd player. The 6moons review generated a ton of interest but the speculation and anticipation preceding the release by readers of this thread, one existing dealer, and one former dealer, have certainly added fuel to the fire as it were.

None of us have heard the final version so it really is futile and a waste of time to discuss break in time, sonics, comparisons to other products, ad nauseum. Personally I've seen dozens of new products whose actual performance is vastly exceeded by the hype that preceded them. A cynic? Perhaps. A realist? More likely.

Afterall, this is only a cd player not a medical breakthrough or new form of energy.

Disclaimer: AMR retailer. I've not heard it and know nothing more than any of you.

Optarchie,

The distributor here is the only one who has a unit. Fully broken in !!! You must have misread my comment because I only made a statement for the ARC.

I thought you said that you had a cd 77 and amp at home for a review and than prefered the arc equipment

Well reviews say absolutely nothing about the performace of a piece of equipment. I now beleive that all reviews are sold. The more a brand advertises and the more it pays the reviewer the better the review. I know some reviewers got very expensive hifi in order to get good reviews.

So what is left is forums like audiogon and audioreview which gives real reviews of people who actually owned the equipment.

My friend also was interested in the AMR. He tried the Wadia 581, the AMR and the ARC CD7. According to his opinion the AMR was very good but not as liquid sounding as the ARC CD7. He also choosed the ARC CD7 to be the best player. However he bought the Wadia 581 because of it's well known reputation and the high resale value after two years.

To me and my friend there are also other criteria than only the sound. In this range most CD players are close and it comes down to personal taste. He liked the AMR almost as good as the CD7 and it costs less than the CD7. But if you invest 50.000 euro in a hifi system and want to upgrade later you want to get back a reasonable amount of money. A 10.000 euro CD player which has a value after two years of 6000 costs less in the end than a 7000 euro player that is worth 2000 after two years.

But a small company that just started has it's problems. For example there are no known delivery times. What if the new player has problems after a while or the company will go bankrupt. In that case your investment is useless. So that would be a reason to choose for a known manufacturer.

To me the CD7 is the most liquid player I ever heard and that's why I just ordered one also.

Peter