Older Cd Players vs. new ones


Does anyone have an older cd player from the early to mid-90's that they feel sounds as good if not better than newer models in the same price range? I have a PD-65 that I wont' change out because nothing I hear, despite people saying the technology is so much better now, seems to sound any better. In fact I bought a new Elite SACD player which received great reviews in Europe and the CD layer is not as good as the old Elite pd-65 from 1993. For redbook cd I still use the pd-65 over the new Elite Pd-6-j
fruff1976
Good for you,yes there can be differences between old and new,but not as much as all the new is better that you hear all the time,differences can be pretty small,differences are not quite as apparent as when you change a amp or pre amp.Take whats close to a 10 yr old Arcam cd 9,that will still sound good even compared to anything new.
throught out your cd play and go with an MSB Tech ilink for
around $2,000. You not only get better sound because of the
lossless feature but now you can have over 150 cd's at you finger tips. I can not think of any reason to own a CD Player of any quality
Generally, new is better. Technology has improved a great deal. What used to cost thousand can now be achieved for hundreds.

One example:
I had an older Krell CD setup (all of my other electronics are Krell), but wanted to be able to play SACD's. I sold it and bought a Marantz SA14 and placed it atop the Nueance platform. => much better sound for less that half the price.

Richard