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How good is the Lector CD player?

I have a friend that is so over the top,with satisfaction,that he is literally telling me to sell my Levinson 390s to buy this unit.I know it has gotten some good press,but doubt if I'm ready to sell my wonderful 390s,in favor of this unit.Any thoughts?Thanks.

sirspeedy70680@earthlink.net

03-07-05

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03-07-05 Have your buddy send you his lector to audition, prior to se ... Audiobugged

03-08-05 Don't they have a "killer" model called the hannib ... Albertporter

03-08-05 I think you might turn into hannibal on your friend, if you ... Audiobugged

03-08-05 Sounds and looks ok for the price, but cannot compete with t ... Sychdeli

03-08-05 Agree with sychdeli and have heard the hannibal. i'd look be ... Owl

03-08-05 Isn't the alphatop signature cdp, the top-of-the-line cdp fo ... Spacekadet

03-08-05 How "cerebral" do you think the hannibal model sou ... sirspeedy70680@

03-09-05 Certainly will sirspeedy, here is who will be seated at th ... Albertporter

03-09-05 Fava beans... Lousyreeds1

03-09-05 Just goes to show.........i don't know beans. Albertporter

03-09-05 Quid pro quo, albert. quid pro quo. Boa2

03-09-05 I have heard the lector as my cousin has it and it is a good ... Bobf

03-10-05 Albert,don't even think about the lector.it has "gold&q ... sirspeedy70680@

03-11-05 The current issue of hifi+ did a review and basically said y ... Cellorover

04-19-06 I've now owned the lector and it is by far the most musical ... Leec

10-05-06 Any other direct experience of listening lector cd7 against ... Enrico126

10-05-06 Did anyone compare it side by side to marklevinson 390s or n ... Enrico126

10-05-06 Hey y'all, i had an opportunity to hear the lector, which i ... Jrwr7

10-05-06 Anyone else compared it directly with other much more expens ... Enrico126

10-06-06 I had the lector and then bought a stibbert and droplet cdp. ... Sksos

10-06-06 Wait until your stibbert breaks down. then you will really k ... Audiobuzz

10-06-06 Audiobuzz... i know 6 other lector owners all without one hi ... Sksos

10-07-06 I would like to introduce myself as the new importer/distrib ... Aaudio_imports

10-07-06 Your "darkness" will occur when your bluenote brea ... Audiobuzz

10-08-06 I have owned the 7tl(recently sold the unit and ordered the ... Darealjaydee

11-05-06 I unfortunately will not be able to now make the comparison ... Darealjaydee

11-05-06 Just keep in mind that the perfomance you get with any cdp i ... Foster_9

11-06-06 The previoos member is correct. the sound and performance is ... Hiernote

11-08-06 Wow! sounds like lector has a problem getting product over h ... Audiobuzz

11-10-06 If you're looking to buy a lector you should think about buy ... Hiernote

11-11-06 Lector ... through artistic audio imports. earlier this yea ... Arkprof

11-11-06 Fanfare int'l (victor goldstein) was the former distributor ... Essentialaudio

11-11-06 Still curious about the short or non life span of the 7tl mk ... Hiernote

11-11-06 The mk ii is user upgradable to mk iii by changing out a chi ... Essentialaudio

11-12-06 I'm back again to tell everyone that shipments of the lector ... Aaudio_imports

11-12-06: Hiernote
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11-12-06 I think the lector distributor should do some research. in a ... Audiobuzz

11-14-06 I checked out the 7tl a while back and my audiomeca mephisto ... Danteshari

11-22-06 How does lector do it?? in sept according to the distributor ... Darealjaydee

01-25-07 I compared my bluenote koala to a friends lector cd-t7. not ... Groberts3