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CD player for a warm system

I have the following set up
Belles 20A pre
Belles 150A Hot Rod amp
Coincident Triumph speakers with matching Coincident Mini Subs.

A very nice warm sounding rig that can be played loud and enjoyed.

I am thinking of upgrading my antique Phillips 880 and am looking for something in the 750 to 1000 range to add some sparkle or slam to my rig.
I have had an Arcam CD 72.Not that big of an improvement.
An Audio Note CD2.1X.Improvement,but for 2500.00 I was expecting more.It was too polite.I became dissilusioned with audio and sold it for what I got it for and plugged the Phillips back in.

Where to now???
Bry
bigbry
dmitrydr
221 posts
 
It's a CD player :))
www.simaudio.com
And, just do a search for "nova" on audioasylum.com
kfarley
2 posts
 
Find a EAD Ultradisc 2000 used. Very Warm. We have it and love it! Absolute Sound called it the best single box CD player.
thsalmon
348 posts
 
Simaudio players are indeed quite warm. Also consider the Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista SACD or a Modwright Universal Truth Pioneer Dv-47ai with the tube output stage.
distortion
571 posts
 
Admittedly I dont have a ton of experience with CDPs, but, I think a Theta DSPro IIIa DAC(or newer Generation model) may be worth listening to. As a matter of fact all the Theta DACs, including the older ones(I and II), sound very good indeed. Lots of sparkle, slam, and dynamics. Be forwarned, they have very hot outputs, around 8 volts or better. Theta halved output and upgraded Caps on my unit for a paltry fee. Great guys to work with too. Factor in reasonable used prices and it may be just what you are looking for.
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jayctoy
4,165 posts
 
Try the AH 4000 with upsampler, since your system is
warm, this cd is cool, it will balance your system.
It might even add sparkle. Thank me later.
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