Regarding the Marantz player - about six years ago Sam Tellig from Stereophile wrote about the CD67SE with a Musical Fidelity X10D, saying it gave you a good part of the high end, for a bargin price, $450 for the player, $180 for the X10D. I did find the X10D to greatly improve the Marantz, giving better soundstaging, better bass and taking away that digital edge. Replacing the 6922 tubes with ECC85's further refined things.
Guess I'll be looking for a tube preamp, still suprised that a $3000 player didn't cream a $630 setup.
Guess I'll be looking for a tube preamp, still suprised that a $3000 player didn't cream a $630 setup.