CD Player w Volume control-Suggestions?

Sometimes simplicity is a good thing.

Try a MOD SQUAD Line Drive, it is a passive switching device. Used, it’s about $350.00(US) or less. Then depending on your system and EARS find a CD player you like. Keep in mind formats will be changing to either SDCD or DVD-Audio, so you may what to keep it cheap.

"The best preamp is no preamp" i presume you are quite knowledgeable into what you are thinking of. Running a cd directly to a power amp just is the best thing to do. However very few CD players have an output which is variable in order to mate with the power amp. From my previous experience i was able to have one model from Marantz. Yes, Marantz may not be such an esoteric name but it has quite a history of favorable reviews. Check out British magazines as WHAT HIFI, HIFI CHOICE. Oddly enough i was able to hear a Cd player's output directly connected to a loudspeaker! I was skeptical at first but when i checked out the connections..yes it was. IT WAS CONNECTED TO A HORN LOUDSPEAKER "AVANTGARDE" The sensitivity was so high it managed to put out that loud volume in the room! WHAT ABOUT THE LOWS,HOW WAS IT ABLE TO BE DRIVEN? The engineers were brilliant in designing the lows driven by it built in power amplifier. www.avangarde.com !@$#$% reviewed in stereophile mags .

I doubt that the output impedance of this Marantz player was any lower than that of my CD50...perhaps not even as low.

carl, i will address each of your statements, one by one

"I AM decent, and you are a coward!!!" - tell me what i said to deserve such venom from you on theis thread - you consider that decent? as for being a coward, i have nothing to be afraid of, the least, being worried about what others may think about my refusal to drag another party into this *discussion* w/yew.

"Unless I am provoked, I would have no reason to be anything other than cordial to your (imaginary?) brother-in-law, and you know that." - ?!? this is laughable, i know absolutely the opposite to be true - i said absolutely NOTHING to provoke yew, or anyone else, in this thread, & you have been anything but cordial to me.

"AND IF YOU HAVE "NUTTIN" TO PROVE TO ME, then you need to pipe down on this issue, and let those who have more experience than you, share their insights...intstead of guessing that youe little philosophy can somehow be easily applied to all CD players, especially this one." - what little experience i have is put out there for all to make their own judgements about - i only make my opinions known when they are on-topic. regardles of experience level, some folks agree w/me, others not. of those who don't, you're the only one rude about it. at least everyone knows what *my* experience is, whether or not they agree. your experience is a secret - however great it may be, how can anyone gain anything from it? as far as *piping down* cuz i have nothing to prove to you, if i'm not mistaken, it was rcoppens' thread, not yours - i have every right to answer him, w/my opinions, your objections notwithstanding. or is carl eber the new censorship authority on audiogon?

btw, carl, can yew please explain why yoo doubt the marantz' impedence is as low or lower than that of the res audio? is it some superior experience? familiarity w/the specs? or yust another example of carl eber making a wild-assed guess? don't get me wrong - i have absolutely *no* idea of the output impedence of any res-audio or marantz gear. but i'd either *know* or *not* know...