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Best Digital Source That Money Can Buy?

(1) Either single unit CD Player or Transport/DAC combo.

(2) no modded units please, only factory stock models

(3) please rank them if you can

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A few come to my mind:

EMM Labs, DCC2 SE + CDSA SE combo
Esoteric, P-03/D-03/G-0Rb combo
Wadia, 581 Pro
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abe_av
psacanli
535 posts
 
Spectral SDR 4000 Reference. Hands down.
bar81
791 posts
 
I can't wait to see if you're right; I have the Spectral coming in next week :)
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
That's exciting Bar81! How many hours of break in will the Spectral require before it stabilizes?
bar81
791 posts
 
I know, I can't wait :) It's a demo unit so it should be broken in but I hear the KX-R needs break in on every input and I haven't used the RCAs so it'll probably be at least a couple of weeks. Plus I will be getting several of the top end Siltech cables (ICs, speaker and power) to play with so I'll keep myself busy in the meantime :)
pubul57
3,712 posts
 
The Accustic Arts gear should be competive with anything out there for Red Book, but getting an audition is proabably close to impossible. It would be nice if the DAC came with USB.
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