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AFTER THE MUSICAL FIDELITY A5.......

I have a Musical Fidelity A5 cd player which I am very
happy with...I am a resolution detail type of guy.
I use small Mcintosh ss amps with B&W 705's.
I know this is a popular player on this site. I think I am
going to look at some others....I like to try stuff.
Am I upgrading going to a MAC mcd 201....used Meridian...
Esoteric SA-10? Around $3400 is as far as would go.
SS or tube makes no difference to me with my equipment.
They both sound good. Got the bug.

OPINIONS PLEASE>>>>>>>THANKS!
klaudio
wwshull
157 posts
 
i have owned a sa-10 for about 3 months now and am quite amazed at what esoteric can do for this amount of money. it is a very good sound piece of gear. the detail is amazing and that is not all the sound stag is great. some pleople have said not enough slam in the bass but they are wrong it is awsome. i play mostly rebook cd and a few sacds. i think you would be very happy with this player
klaudio OP
113 posts
 
Thanks for the response....what player did you use before the ESOTERIC?
wwshull
157 posts
 
i had a sonic frontier processor 3 dac with a lambda transport.
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klaudio OP
113 posts
 
I have used a DAC.......I like the MF X-DAC V8.
It is how I went to the A5. I also have had success
with the Cary cd players with upsampling on the fly.
I have used a 308T and CDP-1....I do think the
MF A5 is more musical. The Benchmark is a good suggestion.
What would you use as a transport?
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