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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
bigtee
803 posts
 
Look at the Rotel players---somewhat forward with plenty of punch.
rodrnr
2 posts
 
The broken CD880 is sold. Someone from this forum contacted me and it has been put to good use.

I replaced the CD880 with a Philips DVD963SA which is also a very warm sound and very quiet audio circuitry. It tracks well and has good clean picture. I am very happy with it.
daltonlanny
301 posts
 
Pioneer.
They have a sort of forward and bright sound, with great snap and dynamics. This is their basic house sound.
evo8
13 posts
 
MF xray, new for $1k
richards
145 posts
 
Consider the Opera Consonance CD-120. It's very detailed without etch or grain and can easily be found in your price range used or demo.

It uses a modified Philips VAM1202 drive mechanism, and the Crystal CS4396KS. It's a 24/192 upsampler. RCA & XLR.

There's a review at Soundstage. I think it's a real bargain, and brings the music to life in a warm system.
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