the best CD player between 6'000 - 10'000 $ ?

There's a reason the BAT VK-D5 has been around for a decade or so...it makes music. The 6922 based unit is my favorite...never met a 6H30 tube I liked:)

i owned the 24 bit bat vk d5. it was the biggest mistake that i ever made. i went to a friend's house and listened to the player in his stereo system. we looked at each other and agreed the player does not sound like it has a tube in it. call bat and ask them about it.

i think the cartridge is the most crital link in an analog system. it is possible to pick a t/t, arm and cartridge that has an un balanced frequency response. in many instances, digital front ends will be preferable to such an analog system.

mariusz is correct. it is necessary to compare "a" turntable, arm and cartridge to a cd player or dac/transport, rather than generalize about the sound of "vinyl".

>>"The 6922 based unit is my favorite...never met a 6H30 tube I liked:)"<<

I also like these little bugger but implementation of 6DJ8/6922/7308 or whatever has little to do with this topic.
Isabella/isabellina DAC uses 6922s................is that why it was awarded Blue Moon Award? I doubt it. (I also own that combo)
AMR-CD 77 uses ECC81/12AT7/6072A per channel for gain, one 5687 per side in the output and dual-mono thermionic rectification via a pair of EZ80/EZ81/6CA4........................is this the golden formula???????? I doubt it again.

It is a fine ART to come up with the product that moves even the most discriminating audiophiles. Only few accomplished that.

Best Regards
Mariusz

The tube has little to do with the sonic signature contrary to what Dave believes. That is just plain silly.

Give 10 amplifier designers the same tube, let's take a 300B, for example. None of these amps will sound the same.

I currently have three 300B SET amps here and they are as different as one might imagine.

So the 6922/6H30 assertion simply smacks of inexperience.

I think some of you guys are tone deaf for starters. Secondly, if you believe half the crap that's written about gear you will find yourself frustrated, wondering why that award winning kit you just bought sounds so bad. Mrtennis should check his hearing aid batteries and consider the average half life of most CDP's...the BAT has been around for a long time folks (most designs last for a year or two or else they are severely modified). Of any CDP I've owned, the BAT stands in stark relief as a superbly musical source (sans stock tubes...I use Amperex NOS). I have lived with several 6922 based pre-amps and 6H30 versions from the same manufacturer....many audiophiles have noticed years ago that the advent of the 6H30 tube circuit initiated the advent of tube gear that mo ore closely resembles SS stuff. Not everyone listens as critically or with as discriminating a set of ears...many people love the ARC Ref 3 (I had it and sold it within a year). This has been my experience...not my talking points or misguided beliefs based on industry rhetoric from gurus who's life's work is to move product for advertisers. Tell the NOS tube industry that they make little difference...What kind of bull is that? Then again, I'm silly and I should also know that power cords make no difference, nor brass cones under CDP's or IC's or speakers or cable lifts etc.. How does one take a positive comment about a CDP and tube set vs another warrant disregard? FYI, I purchased many reference CDP's over the years (including the original VK-D5 20bit). I returned to the BAT CDP because it delivers music with all it's fullness, roundness and tonal ripeness that most other CDP's can't begin to touch.