Gryphon Mikado Signature CD player

I recently auditioned the Gryphon Mikado Signature cd player. After having
purchased a pair of Wilson Sasha speakers ( absolutely amazing ), I wanted to
bring my Digital source to the level that would do justice to these speakers.

I have owned a number of high end digital sources in the past including an Audio Note DAC 5 fed from a TLO transport and the top line MBL DAC and Transport.

All were very nice but I preferred the sound of my T.Table ( SME 20/2 ), and
thought there was still a noticeable gap in performance between the 2 formats. I then tried some sacd players but I had a large cd collection which
I wanted to get the best out of.

Anyway a friend suggested I listen to the Gryphon Mikado Signature and I went and auditioned it at the Audio Connection here in Sydney Australia. To say I was impressed is an understatement. It is a cd only player but it sounded better than a top quality 2 box sacd player playing the same disc in sacd mode.

I was amazed that here was a cd only player that could make my cd's sound as good or better than sacd's. As a bonus it is one of the nicest looking pieces
of industrial art I have seen and a pleasure to use. As you might have guessed it's now taken residence in my system and helping me get real pleasure out of my cd collection.

Interested to hear others that have listened to the Mikado and your experiences.

Cheers John