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Okay......best single box reference CD player

I currently own a CEC TL-1 transport, along with a dcs Delius and Purcell upsampler.....what one box CD player out there can deliver dynamics, transpareny, smoothness and inner detail that will outperform my current set up. Meridian 808....???? Please let me know your thoughts....
garebear
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
top of the line naim player in 1994. i believe it was the cd x. it came in 2 "boxes".

another great one is the cal tempest.
argyro
438 posts
 
Most of the players mentioned are top class and you will probably satisfied with any of them. Put EMM LABS CDSA in your list also.
karelfd
476 posts
 
Another vote for AMR CD-77.

Seeing that you have dCS gear now, you may also want to give the dCS Puccini some consideration.
mikelavigne
2,200 posts
 
Another vote for the Playback Designs MPS-5. it is set up to work as a DAC for a music server so is quite future proof. it uses an Esoteric VRDS transport. it is also software upgradable.

here is a link to a review of the MPS-5.

[url]http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?rdgtl&1212275915[/url]
bar81
791 posts
 
What Esoteric VRDS transport is it using?
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