Commentary on McIntosh Digital Products?

I have an MCD841 CD/DVD player that I've been using as a CD player. In my system the high end sounded more strident than I liked, so I am now using it solely as a transport and feeding the digital output to a vacuum tube-based Kora Hermes DAC. The good news is that it sounds better that way. The bad news is that the experiment tempted me into replacing everything else in my system with tube-based electronics...

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I have a 7008 changer that I only use as a transport with the Kora Hermes DAC . It is really a lot better sounding that way. I have not heard a Mac CD player that I feel gives digital a good sound as a player. I would like one to really come through because I am a Mac man most all the way. I too am hooked on the tube sound with the Kora. I just added the C2200 preamp and use the tube phono preamp built - in unit over my Plinius phono. Sorry I am getting off the subject.

I Have a MCD-751 transport and MDA-700 D to A and it sounds excellent to me. Very smooth, very detailed and transparent. My last player was a Linn CD-12, and while the Mac is very different from the Linn, I enjoy it just as much. I am using it with Mac 2200/2102 and Quad 989's.