One Box CD Player or EAD with new Chord 64

Awdeeofyle, I am in the process of setting up a demo of the Chord DAC 64. The Wadia 301 is backordered for a few months, so there's no hope in the world to hear it in Canada anytime soon...
Here is a link for info on the Chord DAC
http://195.40.133.90/website/products/dac64.htm
The one guy I talked to "Barry" has the Chord DAC 64 with the EAD U2000 and says he is actually thinking of getting rid of his LP's!!! And he's a hard-core tubes/vinyl guy :)
That's what really makes me want to hear it...
I think the Pioneer Stable Platter on the EAD and the smoothness of the Chord will pair very nicely.

Mzn50, how did the Chord compare to the 27i? What were some of the major differences?

Befor making a finial decision, take a listen to the Audio Note 3.1x single box player. At its price point of $ 2,500 it compares with many combinations costing two or three times the money.

Good Listening,

try the EAD9000 DAC so you won't lose HDCD capability. Or the Levinson if you want to get more spendy.

Hey Bob, I've been looking online at the HDCD titles and to tell you the truth, there's not too much of a selection in my music tastes! From what I have heard, with the new upsampling DACs, normal cd's actually sound better than HDCD encoded discs.