The best digital front end for $6k I have heard is the PS Audio Perfect wav system. You can burn hi-resolution wav files up to 24/192 and play them back natively via the PW transport on DVD or via the music server option in the DAC alone (The Bridge). CD's in 16/44 sound very good too. No need to upsample, just play back natively. The transport is a memory reader, so it' buffers the audio data, removes jitter prior to the D/A conversion. The memory player elimimates alot of the problems inherant in reading and converting the data on the fly via traditional cd transports since cd reading error correction is not needed. The data is reclocked in the buffer stage and then read out to the D/A. For digital, I love the perfect wav system. Of course my analog rig trounces it....especially the 16 bit source material.
What CDP gets really close to vinyl?
Hello, I have been looking for a CD player that is truly airy, transparent, and in this sense similar to vinyl. So far I did not have much luck. I tried a variety of brands, from Rega to Meridian to Ayre, and now own an EAR Acute. Each of these players is wonderful in its own way, but the sense of spaciousness, air, the "I am there in the symphony hall" feeling has never achieved what I can get with a good turntable and good cart. Has anyone had better luck?
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