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Absolute Best CD Players Out There Under $12k ?

Ok, I'm looking to upgrade my CD Player. It's the last part of my uber-headphone system and I'm hoping to get the best player possible for under $12k used. I know that affords me alot of options, and I imagine I'll do some travelling and testing before I buy, but I wanted some opinions first. Right now, these are the main ones I'm considering: *Reimyo CDP-777 *Linn Sondek CD12 *Naim CDS3/XPS2 *Wadia 270/27 *Wadia 861se w/Statement mod from GNSC *Meridian 808 *EMM Labs Meitner CDSD/Dac6 *Esoteric DV-50 with full mods from Reference Audio Mods *Classe Omega SACD I'm not so much into characteristics - the overall performance is more important for me. But I do need a player with great bass (both in extension, detail, and volume) as my headphones are a bit bass shy. Any reviews/comparisons would be much appreciated. No1willfan  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 09-13-05

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 09-13-05   I'd add the new dcs one box player to that list. it's $14k ...   Bsal 09-13-05   No1willfan, the way you phrased your question makes it almos ...   Teajay 09-13-05   Trust me, i know all about the subjective side to audio. i'm ...   No1willfan 09-13-05   I would consider the musical fidelity kw sacd/cd player. i b ...   Drmoles 09-13-05   I'm sorry if you took my post personnally, no1willfan, i was ...   Teajay 09-13-05   The only machine listed that i have actually heard using pho ...   Larryi 09-13-05   I agree that there really is no "best" at this lev ...   Hooper 09-13-05   As you can see everyone agrees on the exact same cd player ( ...   Robm321 09-13-05   It would be good to hear about the differences between the e ...   Rmaurin 09-13-05   Sacd playback is still the best sound in digital. if you wan ...   Lawyerman 09-13-05   Rmaurin: i've heard both in my system, and i preferred the ...   Hooper 09-13-05   I had the wadia 270/27ix combo. i demo'd a levinson 389s and ...   Beemer 09-13-05   I have heard good things about apl denon 3910. you can look ...   Sd2005gt 09-13-05: Fatcataudio Great Northern Sound Resolution Audio Opus 21..................you have to hear it to believe it! Fatcataudio  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 09-13-05   My favorite headphone digital is the wavelength audio cosine ...   Budrew 09-13-05   From your list of stock units i'd pick the cdsd/dac6 or dcc2 ...   Aplhifi 09-14-05   I have listened extensivly to the cdsd/dcc2 combination and ...   Whitewind 09-14-05   Whitewind: the dcs gear is absolutely state of the art, but ...   Hooper 09-14-05   No1willfan - there are many players that are not meitner-sou ...   Deb_berkowitz 09-14-05   Deb: to whom are you referring as the man who has to " ...   Hooper 09-14-05   Deb - maybe i'm missing something here. with regard to any ...   Ggil 09-14-05   Hey deb - you do realize that alex (aplhifi) is one of emm's ...   Lazarus28 09-14-05   Deb, i sure don't understand your point, but this might expl ...   Aplhifi 09-15-05   Re: teajay just wanted to let you know that i definitely did ...   No1willfan 09-15-05   Oh, and i also wanted to note that i phrased the title of th ...   No1willfan 09-15-05   One last thing: concerning the emm labs players, what's the ...   No1willfan 09-15-05   Here is a clarification about stock digital performance. wh ...   Aplhifi 09-15-05   No1willfan - the dac6 (and dac6e) is a multichannel dac. th ...   Lazarus28 09-15-05   Re lazarus28: thanks for the clarification. is there any dif ...   No1willfan 09-15-05   Hooper - the dcs stack i'm reffering to is 3 box solution. ( ...   Whitewind 09-15-05   No1willfan: no difference in sound quality between the two, ...   Lazarus28 09-15-05   It seems the emm labs combo is mighty popular on here. inter ...   No1willfan 09-15-05   Whitewind: yeah, i listened to the older dcs stack. i have ...   Hooper 09-15-05   Ya know, i wonder if the "cold, analytical, super revea ...   No1willfan 09-15-05   No1willfan: a lot of emm owners are using either tube pream ...   Hooper 09-15-05   I definitely prefer the tonal warmth that tubes can provide. ...   No1willfan 09-15-05   Hooper - i have listened to the cdsd/dcc2 combo with emm opt ...   Whitewind 09-15-05   Whitewind: fair enough. there are certainly a lot of differ ...   Hooper 09-15-05   The cd-12 makes everything else sound broken.   jennmoor@ 09-15-05   is that hyperbole? or, have you actually heard everything e ...   Tvad 09-15-05   Re: jennmoor@earthlink.net interesting opinion. i know that ...   No1willfan 09-16-05   If i may jump in, i should like to mention my preferred cd/ ...   Guidocorona 09-17-05   Re: guidocorona thanks for the suggestion. i'll definitely a ...   No1willfan 09-16-05   My emm cdsd/dcc2 with the stax omega 007t headphone system i ...   Rgs92 09-16-05   Do consider the consonance droplet cdp. it costs a lot less ...   Lowfidelity 09-17-05   Hey guido - you're in austin, right? if ever you'd like, fe ...   Lazarus28 09-17-05   I don't think the consonace droplet belongs in any discussio ...   Stanhifi 09-19-05   Thanks for the additional suggestions guys, they've all been ...   No1willfan 09-20-05   I own a cds3. i have not had the opportunity to do any dire ...   Larryi 09-20-05   I used to be of the opinion that the reimyo was at the top o ...   Tbg

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