Has Anyone heard The Boulder 1021 CD player?

i was at ces and heard it in the boulder room.

it's a cd player, nothing special. i won't comment on its value and since it was part of an all boulder system, one really needs to audition it in one's own system.

i'll go out on a limb and suggest at that price, consider the amr, instead.

Absolutely the finest gear built. 24K buys you serious performance, boulder reliability, exceptional functionality & above all the finest sounding front end EVER ! I am a dealer for various CD Players. This is by far the sweetest sounding unit.

Very strange. MP3, OGG WAV, AIFF and FLAC files support but no support for SACD or DVD-Audio. $1m in R&D and they bypassed hi-rez?

Regards,

I've heard it in a very fine system. Jaybo has it right -- nice player, but CDs still sound like CDs, even for 24k.

Yes I have heard the Boulder 1021 in my own system. A dealer brought it over along with some other high end equipment.

I'm using the CD7 as my standard player and I have not heard a better CD player than it before...

...until now. I'm a strong supporter of ARC's CD7 musical abilities and I've used both the CD3 MK1 and MK2 for a long time so I'm also very familiar with the ARC sound. But the Boulder is better - marginally so but better. The soundstage is larger in all directions and the focus of voice and piano is tighter.

Just when you think you've reached the limit of how far redbook CDs can be pushed, something comes along and pushes it even further.

But value? That depends on where you pain threshold is.