Steve,
I read through alot of reviews of the Music Hall compared to the Jolida (that us tubed). I took away from it that the Music Hall's midrange, while very much improved with the Level 1+ mod package, could still use some improvement in the midrange area.
I've not heard the CD25 yet in my system. I do know that even prior to putting it in, midrange is not my systems strong suit. I just thought that I would ask to see if there was a PC that does a better job, specifically with the midrange, so I could try it out in place of the stock PC.
I want to make sure that I do the right things at the source end to minimize my system shortcomings. I'm absolutely sure that the Music Hall is going to be a vast improvement over my old DVD/CD player. I've also changed my IC between my cdp and preamp to a much nicer (improved clarity and details) and warmer sounding IC. If, you're wondering the IC is a pair of Concierto Violin's. My system trends to be on the bright side because of the Klipsch horns.
Hope this makes more sense.
Mike