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Lector CDP 7 Mk I, II or III ?

I plan to part with my second system Ayre gear to refinance a purchase for the main system and am considering to retain only the Yamamoto headphones with another good cdp. And so I came accross Lector, unknown on the local market and thus even more interesting.

Now, I did a search on Agon and found several people specifically advising the CDP 7 Mk I, clearly prefering it over the later versions.

Is the original Lector CDP 7 sonically better? Any specific reason for that?

Thanks in advance
Karel
karelfd
karelfd OP
476 posts
 
... sadly also rather more expensive. This is a second system and I'm working on a budget, I'm afraid. Nevertheless, thanks for the information.
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
the mimetism seems to be a solid state cd player, while the lectors are tube-based.

does the mimetism sound more tube like than lector ?

if not in what way is it superior to the lector ?

my friend has a lector 7 --not the mk ii or mk iii.

there is one for sale on audiogon. i have been tempted, but am leaning toward an amr.
fafafion
190 posts
 
Mr tennis,

Have you actually has any experience listening to the Mimetism,any Mimetism products?The CDP will put a lot of so call 'tube'cdp to shame...

I will not describe it for you,just go and have a listen
tweak1
3,667 posts
 
I owned the Lector CD 7T Mk 1. I sold it and got a Bluenote Stibbert Mk II, sold it and am now very happy with my Raysonic 168
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
hi fafafion:

who carries this product ? is there a us importer ?

the virtue of the lector is its very romantic and forgiving character. i would describe it as a euphonic presentation.

most 24 bit players are not forgiving of problem recordings. the 20 bit lector has the advantage of not upsampling.
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