Old school, look at a top loader Sony SCD-777ES or Sony SCD-1 ES, front loader Pioneer Elite DV-09 Fully copper chassis inside, and Esoteric (any P-01, P-02, or P-03; K-01-K-03. These units are built like a brick and most of the new units can’t compete in the class with these unless you step up to the new Esoteric G series or DCS. Break out your piggy bank for the latter of the two mentioned. I’ve been fortunate to test and compare the units above. In some of the older units, I have replaced capacitors in 1 of the units and believe me, it was well worth it. Hope this helps for you and anyone else who is looking.
CD Player: Vintage or modern ones?
I’ve been given a collection of classical and jazz CD’s, last time I had or played one was like 20 years ago with a humble Denon I bought saving for few months.
Now that I have a pretty good system, wondering if worth to get a good CD Player or find some “old glory”, but I’m totally lost.
The one that appeals to me is the Audis Flight FL Three S in black (must be black to match rest of my Italian system, ideally from that beautiful country), or the Goldnote CD-10, even some TEAC. Regarding more older units, I’m totally lost.
Any suggestion? Rest of the system is made by Diesis Audio (Speakers, Ampnand cables).
Thanks in Advance.
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+1 decathalon1991 I have an older Sony XA series and also an older Pioneer PD65 and both are stellar tank machines with great drive mechanisms. Parts can be found but be careful. As far as new machines go, Jays Audio makes a solid transport (which I also have) that can feed the top notch DAC of your choice. |
@2psyop yrs, I agree both are excellent units. I have the Pioneer Elite PD-65 before switching to the Pioneer Elite DV-09 and had the Jay’s Audio before going back to Esoteric separate (transport, DAC, and Clock). For streaming, I have the Reference Cary Audio DMS-800PV ( Dual Mono design) DAC/ streamer. I use Nordost QNET, and the separate power supply, the Nordost QRT QSource. I’ve tried a lot of top of the line streamers. This one does it for me. As incredible this unit is, CD’s (Redbook, DVD Audio, SACD with Multi or two channels) still outperforms streaming at its best. Now to be fair, streaming is still improving but I don’t let practicality govern my senses of better sound quality than CD’s. |
In my system I haven’t tried Taiko Audio SGM Extreme Network Music Server but I have spent extensive time with it in my friends system. I would say this is elite status for streaming but it is best performed storing and playing back your music. That may be next on my list but I’m trying to justify + $40K for this unit or any feature unit this company may produce in the near future. |
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