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looking for good detailed and warm player

Hi all,

I'm in "UPGRADE" season :)
RIght now im running Sonus Faber Extrema with Meridian 557 and PRE 502(also Meridian).
The PRE and Power hooked by XLR (both Balanced).
My previous CD was Arcam (A9) but I felt my sys needs more.
The meridian 557 has a great power , and there's great details from the PRE but somehow some warm and more "round" sound is missing,I also thought about change the PRE to some nice tube PRE like Audio Research (LS17 or SO16),
but I'd like to start from the source.
any idea?
Thanks in advance
avico
avico OP
18 posts
 
Thanks people- but can we please focus on CD ....
talon4
185 posts
 
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.
tweak1
3,656 posts
 
There's a Raysonic 128 on new today. Jump on it
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
i owned a raysonic player. it resolves well but is not warm. it reminds me of many other 24/192 players. i swapped out tubes. it didn't help.

i am looking for a warm sounding player myself. i am considering the amr 77 and possibly the audio research cd7.
krisjan
100 posts
 
If you can stretch your budget just a little bit, you can get a used Marantz SA-11S1. This will be just the ticket. A wonderful, non-fatiguing player with all the details of natural instruments present.
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