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Best sounding CD player

I am interested in knowing what there think is the best sounding CD player . Some of my favorites are AMR cd-77, Cary 306sacd

 

let me know what your thoughts are including how the player sounds 

dvdgreco
tomcarr
1,500 posts
 

When I have the coin I plan on buying a used D-10X. I am especially interested in the "Invert Phase" feature. 

grinnell
1,094 posts
 

@dvdgreco

We stream all the time but don't use the streaming services.  we stream radio stations like WWOZ in NOLA and others there is an only online blues station we love too

 

many other free choices for music online

soix
9,456 posts
 

@grinnell If you haven’t already, why not do a free trial of Qobuz?  Great way to discover worlds of new music, and a lot of it is in hi-res.  FWIW. 

68pete
1,001 posts
 

Esoteric KO3XD

harpo75
103 posts
 

I would definitely go with a great CD transport with a strong power supply out to the best DAC you can afford. I owned a Cary Audio CD306SACD Pro. Fantastic sounding CD player but a bit problematic with the drawer. As equipment got better through the years it seemed a bit hard and dry sounding compared to new DAC’s, etc as years passed. When it got to where my server and DAC completely outperformed it I finally sold it. Now I just rip my CD’s to the drive and stream to the DAC. The 12V PC server uses JRiver with fidlizer with Windows. Also using the iFi Micro iUSB3.0 USB Audio Power Supply with an external USB HD plugged into it also. The sound is so much better from the WAV file then playing the straight CD.

And JRiver with JRemote on my phone makes it so relaxing to just load up a group of songs or whole albums on the server and just relax and listen.

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