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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   Great northern sound resolution audio opus 21............... ...   Fatcataudio 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: Stanhifi I don't think the Consonace Droplet belongs in any discussion of best cd players under 12K. At its' price point it is very competitive but with the others mentioned in this thread it is entirely out of place. Stanhifi  (Answers | This Thread) 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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