upsampling CDP's for $1500? Big difference?

I agree with Dopogue. I have a few Marantz Universal and DVD players and they offer optional upsampling for music CDs. They sound worse when I select upsampling. Specific music details disappear. Terrible. I'm more and more convinced that the overall sound quality of a CD has SO MUCH to do with how and when it was recorded and produced. If the CD is well recorded, you're 3/4 of the way there in my humble opinion.

been playing around alot with the upsampling options on my front end. for the most part...everything sounds best without any upsampling it in my system. i'd say around 90% or more.

do agree with Newbee regarding a small percentage of mostly older recordings. some have benefited from upsampling in my set-up. no pattern or predictability to it. some i liked better at 192, others 96??. this however was very rare. maybe 2-3% of the time.

for the most part...upsampling seems a bit overrated imho.

cheers
Lev

It sounds like I might just sit still with what I have until the next upgrade bug strikes. Most of the music I won on CD has been originally recorded and produced in the past twenty years or less, so it sounds pretty good. Most of the stuff older than that has been remastered, which can be a good or bad thing.

I suggest that you abandon the idea of an upsampling cd player. It makes no sense at all in you situation. What you should get is an upsampling DAC which there are plenty out there. I would start with the ones listed on Audiogon for better value or you can get a a new Apogee mini. That way you don't have to pay for the extra cd transport portion of a cd player, and a DAC is so versatile.