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cd player recommendation

I have a well over 10 years old Sonic Frontiers sfcd 1 . Even after a transport replacement I am having a very frequent "no cd " door is not opening issues and I am considering a replacement . I am using it with a Blue circle BC21.1 (tube preamp ) and a Blue circle BC 22 Solid state amp and Gershman Avant garde speakers . I dont have a lot of opportunity to audition players hence this post .

Thanks
juszat
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willland
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Juszat,

Don't know what your budget is and if you are willing to buy used, but I have been very pleased with my Cambridge Audio 840C CD player/DAC. I bought one a few months ago but found myself having to liquidate soon after because of a sudden financial issue. The sell of the 840C did take care of that problem but left me with another problem, no CD player/DAC. I then began a quest to find another 840C and now am enjoying wonderful CD playback and also using the DAC when streaming music files and Pandora from my SMART TV.

If used gear is not your thing, my understanding is that the new CA 851C player/DAC is even better than the 840C but unfortunately does also cost more.

Bill
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ghosthouse
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Juszat - what's your budget? Brands that were on my short list were Marantz,
TEAC & Ayre (the latter used!). A few outfits will do 30 day money back.
Stephen Monte at Quest for Sound worked out a home audition on a TEAC for
me.
mrtennis
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I suggest you audition several players in your price range.

there are dealers who will sell you a player and give you 30 days to listen to it and allow you to return it if you are not satisfied.

audio advisors, music direct and possibly the cable co. are three examples. I suspect there may be some other dealer, hopefully local which have such a program.

the problem with opinions, is that there are many of them and audiophiles often have their favorites. your preference may differ.
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