looking for good detailed and warm player

Mr Tennis
I respectfully disagree. Warmth does not necessarily mean a loss of detail. It does however mean no detail at all. Rather good resolution. In other words, if you are hearing details, you are in that "analytical mode". I enjoy the "musical mode" so I prefer equipment that has good resolution but warmth.

So I maintain, ditch the solid state!!!! Try a really good single ended amp.

neutral and warmth are mot the same. thus, if a stereo system is considered "neutral" it is not considered "warm". if a stereo system is considered "warm" it is not considered "neutral". thus if neutral is a term denoting no coloration and warm is not neutral, it follows that warm is a coloration.

warm is used to indicate an emphasis upon a certain aspect of frequency response. if a cd is warm it doesn't mean the stereo system is warm. not all cds are warm, so that if the stereo system is warm all the times, it is a coloration.

if one cd is warm and another is not , the one that is not will probably sound more resolving of musical information.

Thanks people- but can we please focus on CD ....

Meridian 508.24 is a very analog sounding player and had one of the lowest jitter measurements--(144 picoseconds)- ever measured by Stereophile at the time. An excellent player for the money, if you can find one used. Excellent low level detail retrieval as well.

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