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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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loomisjohnson
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@minorl @decathlon1991 i'm also a big fan of the old pioneer elite cdps, which are ridiculously overbuilt, tho i caution that the dv09 and some others don't play cdrs. i still use a dv-79av, which has been bulletproof, plays sacd and sounds great. i see 'em on ebay all the time for <$200.

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thom_oz
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My best sounding CD playback has been from an SACD/DVD player, the Philips 963SA.  Most other decks sound opaque compared to this one. $300 or less purchased used.

I have also used a Pioneer Elite, which had good tone overall but sounded a little thick (not airy) in the upper frequencies. If your speakers are of the hyper-detailed variety this treble handling might be advantageous.

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jafant
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2nd-

Philips 963SA and Pioneer Elite DV-79AVi players.

 

Happy Listening!

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