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"tube" cd players?

Hiya, who makes a good tube cd player, and how would you compare them to "regular" cd's? I have a Classe ca300 amp and classe cp50 pre and am looking at getting a cd player of equal quality. I have heard so much hoopla about the player, don't know which way is up. I have BW N804 speakers, Cardas and HT pro-silway xlr interconnects. Been using a cheap Technics cd player. I friend of mine recently purchased an expensive player to his relatively high end equipment, and said it didn't sound any different than his cheap Marantz?
joeb
joeb
mzn50
180 posts
 
I think the Granite Audio tube'ed output is excellent with a warm fuller sound with bloom..I listened to it at CES and really enjoyed it

I think it also has digital out also
clueless
763 posts
 
I like the Heart players for the $$$. They modify a Marantz player. The US distributor is www.fsaudioweb.com if you want to take a look. I'm not great at using all the adjectives to describe sound but I like it and if you generally like the sound of tubes I think you will too.

I remain,
texan
48 posts
 
Joeb, Not sure how much you want to spend or anything; but I might suggest buying a used CD player and trying it in your system. If it doesn't sound good you can resell it and try some else. Just a thought! The Cary CD301 has tubes and are had here every so often, or possibly Sonic Frontiers? Hope this helps, Charlie
emily
28 posts
 
Sonic
Frontiers
SFCD-1
excellent!
jtinn
1,124 posts
 
I am a dealer for Audio Aero and have carried many other brands. They make the finest tube CD players that I have heard. The differences between the top selling cd players and the Audio Aero are clear... most sound like hifi while the Audio Aero sounds like music. I have taken in dCS, Levinson Reference, Wadia Reference and quite a few other digital company's product in trade and my customers could not be happier with their choice.

There is currently a huge back log on the Audio Aero Capitole. The product is in very high demand for a great reason... they are terrific.

Another tube dac which is pretty good is the Audio Logic.
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