Metronome Labs: can I get at least one post

buckingham,
sounds like you'll just have to conveniently offer to help your uncle upgrade in 6 months by taking the cd2v 'off his hands' less a generous family discount...

thanks for the posts...all the METRONOME line seems to be of superior quality "built like a tank"...which in the digital realm counts very important (some labs are experiencing some causalities) ...i think if i had the money that i would not buy the CAPITOLE or the MEPHISTO...instead i would get one of the METRONOME line for less ($2K to $6K vs $8K) and with the savings upgrade my amp and /or speakers...and thus have a sound "almost" as good as the AA and AM...if not better...what'ya think?

Tweekerman, you seem to be confident that your strategy will work to your advantage. Spend the money on the amps/speakers and a little less by getting the Metronome and I'm sure you will be satisfied. Resale on CDP are crap anyways, so why not put a bit more of your hard earned $$$ into speakers or amps that will spend much more time in your system.

the point is that there is a limit i'm willing to spend on digital...i doubt that the CAPITOLE and MEPHISTO is a $4K better sound than the NOME's.2V..or do they Mr. Bwhite...

Hey Tweekerman! I've never listened to any of the Metronome products but I would imagine they are top players. The idea that something is equal to an amount of money in better sound is quite relative. To some people a particular player just might be worth $4K more simply because it works well in the context of their system (and they can afford it) while others maybe able to produce similar results with a less expensive unit.

My advice would be to get best player you can reasonably afford and invest in speakers that you like.

P.S. I really, really wasn't kidding about the old EAD T1000 and Theta Data transports being absolutely amazing in every way. Something about that Pioneer Laser Disk stable platter mechanisim is absolutely magic with nearly any modern DAC. That combination would indeed give ANY top player at ANY price a run for the money! BIG TIME! And if you spent a bit of time auditioning the right digital cables, I think your end results could quite possibly be better than any single box player available today.

Then you would have to ask yourself, does the Metranome sounds $4K better than the EAD/Theta & DAC combo...???? But.. what if the EAD/Theta & DAC combo actually sounded better than the Metranome? For less money.