No longer sitting on the fence

With 5K CD's I would be wanting to perfect that old Redbook setup rather than get into the SACD Fray!

You know,most technologies do not get perfected until the next new tech comes along. Then it's keeping up with subtle changes. I read that somewhere and it seems to make sense. Analog playback has advanced alot after Digital came on the scene.Now TT's are so expensive I can get a killer used TT for practicly a dime on the dollar.

Someone posted that a Dual TT was junk and to take any offer on it.I have a Dual TT and consider it a pretty fair TT for the $$. They do not make them anymore and that is fine.Kinda like a collectors piece.

If you are interested in the AA, you may also want to check into the Audiomeca. Utilizes 24/192 upsampling dacs made by Anagram. The newer models have excellent reliability. Available in Player or transport/dac combinations. Just be sure to look at the "X" models, which are using the newest and latest Anagram technology.

Extremely smooth and analog sounding, great build quality, balanced connectors and upgradable digital architecture. For some strange reason, the french do a great job with digital even though Anagram is Swiss technology .

First time I ever heard digital rival analog, and in many respects actually betters it in many respects.

Extremely hard for me to say being a 35 year analog listener.

Rec I'm behind you in the collection stakes but I made a similar descision regarding my next upgrade.
I'm not familar with your player but have you considered the Ayre CX-7?
It adds a little something extra to CD replay imho.
Will work well with older CD's.

I have owned a Capitole Mk 2 since they were introduced about a year ago. Just because they have the P4 chip doesn't mean all is well. I had a list of about 15 different problems with the Capitole and finally had to send it in and have a complete circuit board replacment. It seems to be working fine other than the fact that the counter still won't acurately read the remain time on a track, it doensn't seem like to much to expect a 9k CD player to perform flawless, which Audio Aero players don't. I also have the Audio Aero Prima CD player in another system and after a month it is now having problems with the display fading in and out. Certainly don't buy Audio Aero gear based on reliablility or build quality, they are very weak there. As far as sound goes they are fantastic, the Prima is a steal, it's close to as good as the Capitole Mk 2. Customer support is good, they are very interested in making sure their players are working as they should. Basically if sound quality is not your number one priority I would look for something besides Audio Aero, cause really thats all they have going for them.