Integrated Amps from Accuphase

Cornfedboy, from your experience, what other digital front-ends do you recommened to use w/ the E-407, other than accuphase's own transport/dac? I fell in love w/ the dp-75v at the dealer's listening room, but it's simply out of my means (for now). As for the ML and Rowland gear, I am not too crazy about ML (but I AM considering making the Proceed CDP my next upgrade), and the Rowland I have yet to hear. Do you recommend a all-accuphase setup? Does the components have that "synery" that some audiophiles (especially the Linn fans) go nuts about?
FYI, I got a copy of a Japanese hi-fi magazine featuring accupahse ads; too bad that accuphase gear only costs half the price in Japan than they do here in the U.S.!

mgs: the accuphase cd-75v is, in my opinion and that of many so-called professional reviewers, the best one-box player you can purchase. while its MSRP is $11k, you can find them on a-gon at close to, even under, dealer's cost. an important thing to recognize is that the 75v can be driven directly into an amp. indeed, i beleive it is preferable to use it in such a configuration. the accuphase products do mate well with one another, although they are not as dysfunctionally codependent as your english gear from naim and linn, inter alia. some alternatives to the accuphase 75v ( you ought to consider the e-307, BTW--my older son has one with one of the following) are the cary cd303 @ msrp of $3.0k or the cd-306 @ $5k msrp. even better, IMO, is the single box electrocompienet (sorry, don't recall mod no.). good hunting. and, send me a private email if u desire add'l info. -kelly

Cornfedboy,

Thanks for the advice! I think I will give the Electrocompaniet and the Cary CDPs a listen. BTW, what speaker system is your son using w/ the accuphase integrated amp?

mgs: my son is now auditioning avalon symbols in his system. he owns ae-2's.