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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
robertbrown
151 posts
 
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
drrdiamond
671 posts
 
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
jylee
306 posts
 
What's the rest of your system?
fruff1976 OP
103 posts
 
Rogue Metis Pre
Classe CA 300 Power
Usher 6371 speakers (just sold some Magnepan 1.6)
Kimber Kables
Music Hall mmf-7.1/grado reference
audio research ph3 phono pre
fruff1976 OP
103 posts
 
Also, I always forget my REL Strata 3
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