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The best CD Player for the money none said but I'll say: BAT VK D5	729
Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player Very often old CD player or digital separates sound better than new DAC	140
Is SACD a dead format? I think that someone will manufacture SACDs instead of Sony just 4 U audiophools	83
SACD finally taking-off? non-classical listeners I wasn't ever impressed on SACD compare to the regular red-book CDs or HDCDs. Why jump over there if we still can't read enough from the red-book CD? SACD automatically implies on . . .	69
Preamps built Into DACs In English language bunch of different words, expressions may mean the same thing and yet the same word can have a tons of different meanings. These factors you should know in . . .	68
How is your many titles in your digital collection 2...300 red book about 75 among them OOP or never-to-sell items. 1500 vinyls none still found for myself among SACDs or other formats	64
do burnt CD copys sound as good as originals? i use copies in the car where it makes no difference to preserve my originals	59
Worlds best DAC What gives? Not only limitations of show auditions but the rest of the components as well unless you've listened to DAC with headphones	57
Worst remote nomination... Believe it or not, but I guess that I had reel-to-reel deck Otari MX5050 BII with remote controll that I used to connect with wires in rear pannel of the deck. It was the size of . . .	54
How many still listen to CD's daily. every week day in the office via headphone rig	53
The best DAC for the money I'd recommend you the one for $0 and the rest $3k to spread over Sim separates	52
Benchmark dac - why such diverging opinions? Very simple: Stereo magazines are commercial and being paid to advertise the product from the good side. The bad side is usually found on discusussions and blogs	48
Mixed Results from My Hifi Most of my prog-rock vinyl sounds wonderfull. Led Zeppelin, FZ even the first presses sound terrible on vinyl and CDs. The solution is preamp with tone controlls for any rock . . .	46
Why do digital coax cables matter? Because $500 one must sound better than one for $20 under First Amendment of Audiophile Bill of Rights	46
How Important Is The Cdp? In your system $1000 for DAC or another desired CDp should be invested solely towards speakers since it will improve it better for each buck spent. $-spent-for-CDp/$-spent-for-. . .	44
Can Redbook CD Be Saved squeezebox can now humiliate megapriced red book players playing hi-rez formats. cd can't hold more than 700Mb while hi-rez song can take upto 500Mb. Hdd-based digital playback is . . .	40
Burning question regarding upgrading paths 1. B 2. A Great test	40
CD player closest to vinyl? None so far	39
Audiophiles DO NOT USE DHL-READ MY NIGHTMARE $2k is the price of a professional digital music recording/playback station. You can bring a picture and pricing from the internet for ex: musicfriend.com and show it to miss or . . .	39
Recommended components on Stereophile Magazine. Reading Stereophile isn't convincing. Nothing except crappy success stories from the reviewers without any scientific facts. 1)no 2)no 3)no again	36
DACs with volume control ? Huh! yet another one for Grace Design	34
Tally up best digital player ever http://www.research.ibm.com/deepblue	34
What is the worst recorded CD you have? i can only present the largest comparison between cd and vinyl that is so obvious on king crimson's "islands" album that sounds so great on vinyl and so poor on cd	34
What high-end cdp for low-end quality CD's ? Get EQ	33
SACD is it worth it? used video laserdisks became now cheaper than cassettes and descent ld player is available free at driveway dumps or pennies at garage sale... that's approximately when i'll enjoy . . .	32
BMG CD's ARE worse they have a manufacturing rights and their pressing quality is worse of the worst. they're only designed to be in pocket or car player	31
How to get balanced inputs working that bogus xlr input is probably in need of service. for the price you've paid for that unit it should be working	30
Digital Front End.. help please theta data II with ead dsp7000 mkIII will keep you bellow 1k and will be the perfect match to your system. you should pay much more to get a better sound from one box. for your . . .	30
Goodbye CD's why not? used market exchange will probably bloom... i've still got lots to listen to on cds and need more headroom v.s. new market	29
Wadia think about expensive CD Players ? In this case believe it or not, the more you pay for CD-player the more price you overpay. A descent $500-ish or even lower priced player can be modified with better parts so it . . .	29
I just sold my cd player what should i get? I wisper, but don't tell anyone... I listened in direct comparison Cambridge D500SE($449 list $300 for demo) and CapitoleII players and they sounded very identical with exception . . .	27
Best CD player under $25000. Anything connected to Nordost Odin interconnect heee haaa	25
DACs and reproduced sound I agree that high-end magazines are delusional and unscientific. Nowdays it's very commercial rather than acheiving something scientific. DAC despite processing 1's or 0's is a . . .	25
HDCD: What do you like? Don't be so heartbroaken about HDCD. HDCD, SACD, XRCD are the limited production sources and certainly in minority of most audiofiles. Let's say in average on every 100 CDs of the . . .	25
Square waves or 1's and 0's? first you need to understand a meaning of analogue signal, than modulation, than sampling, than binary algebra. otherwise any technical content will seem to be confusing	24
Why buy older digital gear? ...and because some brands still do old tech producing finest CD players such as BAT, Burmester, Cary	24
Upsampling put to "THE TEST": R U ready 2 take it? Whewwwhhh! I finally ended reading but with curiosity and from top to bottom THANKS! I knew you would stand towards "Former Heavy Weight Champs". I believe that you was someway . . .	24
$150 Transport anyone? Unsound, the dust creates jitter when falls into the laser beam and that's why needs to be sucked out of the chasis :^). I wish to be the one to receive a free item to audition it. . .	24
Burned CDs can sound better than the original? Hell Yes! I've made a few copies from vinyls using ADC of Led Zeppelin -- Houses of the Holy, Pat Metheny -- Offramp and compared them to an originals	24
USB DAC Recommendation I haven't seen your budget, but Grace M903 might inspire you. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/741484-REG/Grace_Design_M903_m903_Reference_Headphone_Amplifier.html	23
Best Redbood CD Player Used/New under $7K I-book G4	23
Vibration Problem How do you hear vibrations of your CD-player	23
With Wadia, pre-amp or no pre-amp i've never used wadia cd player but i know that it has digital volume control that degrades the sound on lower volume levels. you can use an external passive volume control(or . . .	23
need help - Cd players First you have a possibility to audition few of listed if you call upscale audio or audioadvisor for 30 days. Among your list I would vote for AH! and you can buy it from upscale . . .	23
Best internet stations for Jazz, esp. Classic/Cool isn't jazz88 and wbgo the same	22
Can sibilance be eliminated? I would start with microphones and the rest of recording equipment first	22
Most "Non-Digital" Sounding CDP KF, I'd find your suggested MBL is extreamly digital having an extreamly large 5-digit $number won't ya	22
Wyred4Sound Dac-2 vs Preamp and separate DAC W4S isn't passive. It has very low gain so if you have high sensitivity amplifier the unity or low-gain active preamp will have transparency of passive and control of active	21
best cd player for 300-500 bux So far used Alesis Master Link ML9600 for near $500 will get you one of the best red book CD playback + recording and possibility of the superior CD24 format you can get the . . .	21
I'm still working to love digital, are you? Well to avoid such "digital stunt-racing" I've got some analogue and somehow manage to be less active in digital terms -- useless	21
Do you leave CD players with tube outputs on? Tubes reach the point of normal operation faster than semiconductors thus require shorter time to worm up (for the small signal tubes near 2min. Why bother to keep them on	20
iPod: Questions and Options iPod car interface realy sucks! Try to wire directly or you may be very dissapointed in car iPod performance. I use it with cassette adapter	20
"Warm" CD player...on a budget. The best thing in tubes that you can replace them within the time and get even better ones than before. Besides tubes have much wormer temperature of operation	20
tube dacs vs solid state dacs Liz's right. there are no actually tube DACs. They all only have the tube gain stage. The logic part is done by DAC IC and that's where most of quality depends on	19
Has digital come close to or beat up analog yet ? i had a great experience with japanese red book CDs that do sound better than same album vinyl made in japan	19
RCA or XLR Between Digital Separates? Please consider this post more general with any DAC with digital balanced inputs than particular to Antelope Zodiac. Which digital interconnect would sound better balanced or RCA	18
Best CDP w/ headphone jack for under $1,000 I believe that the task you're talking about is unreasonable isnce you can get for your budget cheap $50 CD player + high quality headphone amp with headphones for that price and . . .	18
Is this a deal or what .... I think getting Cambridge D500SE demo $325 from audioadvisor(30 days free trial!) is much better deal nowdays. DACs chips become cheaper and cheaper so as computers do. Newer DACs . . .	18
Hello, I may have a chance to go to Since we don't have zip/country in our profiles, it's hard to tell from what country you're going to Japan however I'm not sure what is the goal being persuaded by crazy 'phile . . .	17
computer audio question There are processors with freon cooling instead of fan which are much more quiet than fan cooled ones. That could be the tweak becides DAC, but as previously mentioned DAC makes . . .	17
friend is looking for good $800-$1200 cd player No need to spend $800. your friend can get Nad 541i or Cambridge D500SE for much less with great performance and functions	17
New CD player or new external DAC ? CD player now is more obsolete than turntable. If you decide to opt out of Bryston BDA1's VERY good deal, drop me a note so I'll get it instead of you	16
CD vs FLAC Most of my music library now in FLAC and AAC. Hear no losses or any signs of lack of resolution	16
DAC suggestion to pair with MC275 & Usher Spk Most of the modern tech DACs are SS so if you wish to have multi-format capabilities, USB input or multiple digital inputs I'd recommend Mytek 192(can be used as digital preamp as . . .	16
Musical Fidelity X-10 Tube Buffer Stage Technically speaking it's a dual triode set-up in differential connection for each channel making it two dual triodes. A differential connection is a stage with 100% feedback. This. . .	16
Need Advice on Downsizing :- If you sell CD-player you will break the main -- music!!! You should definitely downsize your preamp for the simplier model or integrated instead of separates. As far as I know . . .	16
Squeezbox Touch USB or SPDIF? MANY THANKS! I'll try both ways	15
Wyred 4 Sound STI-500 Breakin Time Do you run it balanced (DAC->amp)? Cause if not than you've only got 'half' of what you can get balanced. I swap sometimes my Sunfire Sig600 to ST-1000 from my friend that has the. . .	15
Small hi-res player? If you have notebook, you can use Apogee Duet FireWire interface which you can connect through USB. This toy is near $500 but will probably 'squish' any player you can only think . . .	15
What am I hearing??? Literally, upgrade CD! There are still a number of variables: a) CD has been manufactured with a defect; b) CD was recorded with a defect; c) CD-player has poor or bad analogue end. . .	15
msb problems? Happynick, I'd call it normal curiosity development especially while some folks don't "risk" to place instead of $10000 CD-players cheap stock Sony while you made your . . .	15
DAC for Rega Planet 2000 rega planet is a pocket cd-player mechanizm incorporated with great dac. that's why spending $500 on external dac will be just a waste. to approach a performance of Rega to be . . .	15
Scratched discs - what do to? You haven't mentioned buying a better CD instead of the one you have. Maybe it'll be much cheaper. Living in NYC gives you that possibility greater than in any other city or town. . . .	15
Best transport for USD500 cal delta used ead t1000 used ead t7000(with ld) also used micromega stage 3 used the transports above mentioned are identical in sonic signatures. eads have the best built . . .	15
Bryston Announces NEW BDP-2 / BDA-2 I'll plan when everybody else will try and probably used or maybe won't at all. Forgive me being smart and cheap parasite	14
Wadia news overoverpriced gear	14
question about "lower" priced CD players/DACs I tend not to even pay attention to the age or quality of CD player nowdays. I would only aim for todays good DAC with USB and multi-digital source capabilities	14
Forty bucks well spent.... $2 permanent marker does the same job	14
Which cd players have digital INPUT? I own Alesis ML9600 available at musicianfriend.com Excellent performer that sounds more defined and rigid than most high-res players sold here. It's mostly sold on pro audio . . .	14
Smoke and DVD So What do you smoke? Can you share? Even my delivery dude doesn't share with me what he's got for me but I suspect that his botanical good(quite naturaly grown I believe) come . . .	14
What is the best CD player direct into one's amp? Use DAC-1 you're using. Less likely you'll find what you're looking for	14
CD Changer? Don't hype yourself for now. Try it out! Despite being a changer or some cheap stuff it may be well and synergistic with your preamp which is probably the most important thing in . . .	14
How do I clean CDs with isopropyl alcohol? my condolences to all "soap-a-holics" and "alco-holics". it's realy a time to produce some vpi or nitty gritty cd-cleaner with vacume action or something to add another category . . .	14
Help to pick redbook player Don't forget about AH! used that will fit your budget and will probably do the best of above listed	14
CD - upgrade, replace used, buy new? There are some cheap combos can be built but with older digital technology: CAL DELTA transport -> EAD DSP7000 Theta Data II transport with the same EAD DAC; Micromega Stage 5 . . .	14
Digital Interconnect Questions What kind of brands of digital cable sold in Circus City? Is there any difference between Circus City and Circuit City? If you've already spent about $10k on your digital end than . . .	14
Who makes a good or decent CD recorder? Dedicated recorders burn with substantially less errors than computers. I used my Lenovo and upto 30% of burned copies are unreadable and skipping. Alesis ML9600 makes CDs even . . .	13
Why do Japanese-pressed CDs sound better? Japanese folks value a good quality sound. The drek manufactured elswhere woulddn't last too long on japanese market	13
CD playing Rituals My CD-rituals are extreamly identical to vinyls. Here are my ten CD-commendments: 1. Wash hands preferably with soap(I love Oil of Olay or Irish Spring not sure if any audiophile . . .	13
Perpetual Tech Dac vs DCS or Wadia Dacs I agree with Sattothestars since my EAD DSP 7000 mkII will easyly outperform 2 PT plastic matchboxes together	13
TO DAC OR NOT TO DAC? Micromega has a nice transport and some good DAC can bring more music than the CD player as whole. I've never tried Music Fidelity DAC, but you can shop arround used CAL or EAD . . .	13
Best Rock Player... Jupiter?? I'm not a Cary fan, but I know that it's fast enough for any rock and also tooo revealing for the bad mastered digi-records. As to EMC-1 it's quite a bit more costly than Cary . . .	13
How good is my source? Heh... Here is my chance: Has anyone notice that Cornfedboy is trying to make everyone to look stupid and there is only Cornfedboy who is "righteous" in Audiogon? As far. . .	13
What Is The Best And Cheapest Way To Clean Lp's? too many ways already mentioned in the past	12
CD Direct to Mono Blocks or Preamp??? My favorite preamp for digital playback is Grace M903. It's pricey but it combines state of the art DAC, headphone amp and volume control so that you don't necessary have to get a . . .	12
Experience with portable "mp3" devices WOW Ckoffend, that's extream... way too extream. Having apple lossless format available, you benefit to have twice as much music you can fit on regular CD format simply because not. . .	12
old vs new DAC designs and sound differences while the digital output technology has greatly improved the analogue one started to degrade. the bank of grate parts started to deplete and being discontinued along with greater . . .	12
Can Computers add noise to home electrical system Mine adds noise and even physical vibrations. Lately, hard drive doesn't stop rolling and adds even more extra noise	12
Confused - what to buy DAC or CD player? 4)used EAD T100/DSP7000 combo 5)used CAL DELTA/EAD DSP7000 6)Audio Analogue Paganini used 7) You will not like to use your Toshiba DVD player as a transport and still would need . . .	12
NEED HELP CHOOSING NEW DAC It seems to me that using CD303/200 as a transport will be a waste of bucks. Would you also consider getting a dedicated CDT? I bet you should spend lots of money to beat the DAC . . .	12
Quest for Audiophile Zen 1st check out if your power amplifier can be used with passive preamp. Power amp shoud have high gain and high sencitivity. CD player have to swing with ~3V output voltage for . . .	12
Best CD Player under 4000 to replace Linn Genki BAT VK D5	12
best used transport 400-700 Theta data II, EAD T1000, or EAD T7000(cd/ld), Monarchy DT40b universal CD/LD. I have Monarchy DT40b coupled with EAD DSP-700 MK2 this overall $700 combo blows away cd players like. . .	12
Rega DAC ...what else should I consider ? Doggiehowser, Can you direct where to purchase TEAC 501	11
Which one benefits more from a better power cord? if no difference detected between two components mentioned you can take your desicion towards design point of view	11
Portable CD Player with Digital out Yep Sony DEJ721 has a digital out. Check out the posted Take-it-with-you system bellow and everything will clear up to you	11
CD getting as good as LPs - recommendations There are following label that have great quality but unfortunately not like vinyl: CMP even early ones sound great, Concord Jazz, ECM, Nonesuch... Make sure to get original and. . .	11
Theta Data II good transport? It has a great and detailed sound but to get it serviced is a pain and $$$. It takes a long time to find a first track on CD but if you're patient you won't pay attention to that. . . .	11
Suggestions For A DAC From my experience it's no worth to by modern tech upsampling DACs which most of the dealers are going to convince you. The ideal DAC has no upsampling! Upsampling sonically can . . .	11
ps audio silent server I would choose music server over the silent one	10
Digital recording, mixing Need professional help. I realy enjoyed reading these responces and I figured another sub-question in my own thread: Why DATs arn't used in consumer media meaning why for instance there are no car DAT . . .	10
What does "jitter" sound like???? On my EAD DSP-7000 MKII there is an error indicator that shows a "jitter" or error reading a digital data. You can hear the jitter from the good quality DAC coupled with bad . . .	10
Questioning a/c isolation for digital.? the isolation devices benefit well manufactureres	9
New CDs precoated with a slippery substance: since Audiobugged, Basing on the nowdays Dish-Washer I would come up with CD-washer if I were you	9
Antistatic gun for CDs? you remove static from the laser pickup, but not from CD. explicit cleaning of the laser pick-up is the best though meaning removing the mechanizm to clean	9
Better Upgrade Path? Better CDP or add a DAC? Nowdays CD-player more and more becomming obsolete. Having newest technology DAC with all kinds of various inputs will be more practical. Among those I favor, Lynx HiLo, Mytek . . .	9
To Dac or not to Dac I would look for DAC that also have USB. Past century DACs wouldn't make a sense to me nowdays, when I download several gigabytes of music every day and listen. I picked Mytek DSD. . .	9
Source vs. DAC vs. Preamp Importance? I would first get DAC with USB 24/96 capabilities to play hi-rez files from your PC and than get something cheap with digital out for red book CD playback	9
Which dac with this system? Cambridge DACMagic. Affraid that very soon you'll realise you'll need something better... I'm awaiting my new $1295 toy Antelope Audio Zodiac purchased from sweetwater.com new for . . .	9
To leave on or not to leave on, that is the ? If you have a tube equipment, than turn it off when you don't listen to it	9
Recommendations for used cd player I'd better invest into analogue since with $1000 for an upgrade you can do much better than with digital. That's my $.02	9
DSD for PC i use mytek 192 and i like it in PCM and as a line stage analogue preamp too. the sonic masterpiece that performs way higher than priced	8
Best player for iPhone, pad Is Apple lossless EAC format? What soft will convert any to Apple Lossless? THANKS for input	8
dcs Puccini heats up CDs ok if you don't get burns	8
Experiences w/ Lampizator level 2? "makes you want to stop trying to evaluate the sound and just listen to the music" Is it substance to digest? I have probably larger list of such: One would want you. . .	8
32-bit dac Mytek Digital DSD DAC	8
Question from newbie Walking through the audio world I started to recognize some terms and under my understanding, someone likes "sweet" but someone like I'm like much more flavours than that. . .	8
upscaling, bits and resampling ?? To be strictly theoretical the number of bits represent an amplitude. Thus for red-book CD the 16th bit represents the highest amplitude. There also the number of samples that . . .	8
Which Of The Following CD Players Are The Warmest? You can use a "Cat Test" Place a cat on any of the players (while they're on) that you want to try and if the cat will sleep on it than it's the worm one.:) I saw it . . .	8
Connecting cable box RCA digital out... wow woiked! thanks	7
what is wrong with my cd player? dirty lens. there are sweep CDs but the best if you go inside the mechanizm and clean it right there but with caution not to destroy the mechanizm	7
Comparable product to Logitech Transporter? I'd like to limp to this one. I have overloaded HDD on my Lenovo which I want to unload. Will I be albe to push out some gigs out of my PC HDD to squeezebox? THANKS	7
No sound from cdp. check interconnects connected tight first, than if you have a headphone jack try to see if you get any sound from there. you can also try to get a cheap DAC to see if your digital . . .	7
What is compressed?? Examples where compression is IMPORTANT. Forget the car stereos or XM radios. Take the microphone and start speaking SIX... SIX... You will hear distortion in the speakers. The . . .	7
Soaking in pause mode improves CD transport snd? is it kinda "teaching" dac to digest bits easier	7
difference between ipod models in sound quality ? Believe it or not but iPods are the future of a desctop digital components. In pro audio it's widely being used with great success	7
Is my hearing bad? To find differences in digital playback is a great challenge since the 99.9% of differences are introduced through proper digital noise filtering in after-DAC proccess especially . . .	7
An upfront and intimate player Much better for budget that superbly fits your description is GamuT CD1	7
Leaving CD in Transport? By default CD in the transport tray is as safe as in the jacket	7
Static sound between songs?, Punching or kicking	7
24/96 or 24/192 If you're onto listening regular CDs -- there should not be any difference except that extra oversampling will "forgive" most of badly recorded CDs and make them sound . . .	7
High output dacs/CD players For most power amps 2v input is close-to-peak voltage. Anything higher than that has to be attenuated. Very often there is no need for active preamp for that reason. Just make sure. . .	7
Tube or SS DAC/Player with Tube Preamp? Since technically SS output is matched with any input impedance I would go for SS. It is not guaranteed that it'll sound better than tube since we all have different ears. On my . . .	7
Want To Hear How Amazing Computer Audio Can Be? I picked Lenovo Q190 mini desktop and replaced original HDD with SSD right after I've unpacked it. Next my upgrade is placing PC components onto the heatsink and removing processor. . .	6
Do the laser cleaning CDs do anything? works almost the same way as if you hit 100mm nail with table spoon instead of hammer	6
What do I need? It makes no sense to buy a $2,500 server (basically a dedicated computer) and run the digital outs through a $200 DAC. What's wrong with that? The subject is still unanswered. . .	6
USB DAC/Preamp Suggestions $1k to $2k MyTek Digital uses the latest and the most precise decoding technology. Check fullcompas.com for more info. You'll save around $350 vs. Grace Design m903. Likely consider getting . . .	6
Looking for a balanced upsampling DAC under 1k Wyred4Sound Dac1 is all you need(unless you need USB	6
Greeding to all DAC users If you have someone to implement a digital input on your Meridian(Modwright?), than you can use it with your Pioneer for 2ch decoding. You realy won't find better DAC for 5x the . . .	6
Leaving iTunes in 24/96? Use Media Monkey instead of ITunes. You won't have to worry about converting. Much more superior soft to iTunes IMHO	6
Transporter, Logitech...Why are they so cheap? any regrets	6
Budget CD player with volume control? No some of the McCormack players have the variable out. Plz check with manufacturer	6
Burn-in period for Shanling CD-T100 As far as it comes to the tubes it's about 1...2 hours. AS far as it comes to DC offset electrolytic caps it's few hours more before it's set to a normal operation. So the . . .	6
Radio Station CD Players? What kinds? In Newark's 88.3FM Jazz radio they very often use turntable	6
Tube or solid state CD player Infact there's no such thing as tube CD player. There's no tube circuit that could be designed for digital clock. The presence of tubes at output of CD player looks like a . . .	6
Transports and Technology Transport is important almost as cartrige in turntable. Transports are all inexpencive by definition and may be "sleeping" in cheap CD-players. It is known that many CD-. . .	6
Used CDP under $1000? believe it or not but you less-likely find something better-sounding in the $1k range than used Theta Data II/EAD DSP7000 combo that now lists for about $700. Connect it with . . .	6
Tube DAC or new CD player? all can be very simple: you can get musical fidelity x- tube interface between the cd-player and preamp which will take care of brightness and edginess for a-bit above $100 for . . .	6
Need advice on Cary 303-200: best power cord, etc. First, I believe that the quality power cord will more act on mids and highs due to a better shielding and isolation. To bring bass you would certainly have to deal with much more. . .	6
Tube CD player and no pre-amp ...even if the Pass impedance is low the tube output impedance can be neglected in comparison to Pass input. Is there an analogue volume control in your CD-player? Most-likely if . . .	6
CD player similar to Playstation 1? i use lenovo Q190 for all my media needs. it has an excellent music and video playback capabilities with nearly noiseless processor heard only at close-up, fanless power supply and. . .	5
What's your experience with the Rotel RCD-1072? ...one of the best values on the market. This one is realy giant killer	5
Upgrade or Mod? you may buy Musical Fidelity X10 tube buffer $110+- on audiogon or ebay and use at the output of your SACD player for both SACDs and CDs. It will bring you the desired softness . . .	5
Musical Fidelity X-10D I would not recommend an addition of MSB. Its upsampling only makes sound more annoying. In technical side the upsampling only brings more distortions and quantisation losses. X-10. . .	5
How to make your CD player/amp live longer ? It's realy a matter of either using it or not using. I saw the auction where Towncar from 1990 had only 7,000 original miles on it and were used not more than 4...500mi per year	5
adding DIP to mega changer, any difference? You can get away much cheaper than DIP by feeding the analogue output into the tape input keep the cassette inside on record stand-by and feed tape output to the preamp. This way . . .	5
MSB Link III - Please help before I lose my mind I've actually listened to MSBIII and got simply a headache after 5 minutes and so figured that it's not the DAC for me. 1. I would not advise to enter MSB line since even instead . . .	5
Laser Life? WOW! 7 years of 24/7 use... Did you listen to it all the time	5
CD Players opinion needed for the price range you've just mentioned GamuT CD1 has the best value for a buck. i'm not sure if you can find it used but the new price is considered to be a bargain for $2995	5
Looking for a cd source for my system. The most versatile and the best-valued so-far in my list is Gamut CD1	5
Are "Professional Grade" CD players good? Satch, you cannot say it about Tandberg that accommodates immunity to abuses along with ability to reproduce with audiofile quality	5
system matching I would first look for... speakers in the specified range. For 2ch music you need more revealing speakers than NHT. You can get Vandersteen 2ce used for bellow $1000 or if you sell. . .	5
Best Used Cd Transport Between 1200- 1500 don't miss, budy there is Meridian 500.24 integrated CD-player $2k on audiogon right now and sell your DAC to make an adjustment to your budjet. Havn't heard anything more ". . .	5
Why a transport over a CD player? In your situation I would prefere to get a good quality dedicated CD transport. Having a good quality DAC means that you will hear all digital "dirt" that is comming out . . .	5
Which Transport? Theta Jade, Proceed CDD, Sonic F. SFT-1 Transport in sound plays the role of the turntable in the vinyl setup (maybe turntable + cartridge or so) I vote for Theta, against Proceed, and newtral to Sonic	5
Cabin System did you run away to cabin	4
Sony CDP-C79ES strange behavior no matter how badly you'd want to keep it, but less-likely you can find even replacement parts for that	4
Best $500 combo player It may be off your budget, but would worth throwing some extra $100 for Rotel RDV 1080. CD,prog-scan DVD(PAL, NTSC, SECAM systems) and DVD-A	4
Do I need a DAC for my Marantz SA14 Not neccessarily upsampling. Upsampling only complicates the overall proccessing and increases the digital noise indeed. A good quality DAC may do the trick but you can get quite . . .	4
What DAC will work well with my Rega Planet ov ? Don't try to make your life harder. After-DAC filtering of a signal is realy what counts in digital gear and spending $1k for it will be an "overkill". Get an active . . .	4
Digital direction 1. speak to Michael Percy from www.percyaudio.com for the internal upgrade path and compare with partsconnexion. 2. don't bother with external DAC under $1k. 3. by adding $1k to . . .	4
BAT VKD5 SE vs. Newcastle PART2 it's funny for me to confess that i haven't heard too much of a difference between digital sources for a good long time. i'm always skeptical and never push things to go better in . . .	4
What is the best scratch remover for CDs? Not to scratch is the best. Care for it as for vinyl. Do not place the valuable CDs onto car CD player and make copies for that purpouse with descent dedicated CD-recorder(or use . . .	4
Cheap upgrade path? I did not like MSB. It has overemphasized mids with unreal brightness. Listening fatigue guaranteed in 10 min. There is nothing wrong with older DACs. They're more musical and . . .	4
Hi-fi CDP vs. DAC + entry CDP Some of the even cheap integrated CD players have excellent transports. Not sure about Cambridge, but this is the case with CAL which you can get realy cheap right now	4
Theta data basic II transport? It is obviouse that for its performance used Theta has an increadibly low price (??) May be there were too many units made and depreciation is higher than in other transports? . . .	4
Which DAC has best headphone stage? Antelope with Voltikus	3
DAC suggestion for Win PC and Headphone/amp * Grace M903 balanced * Antelope Zodiac+ * Mytek 192 DSD Would be my choices for PC listening. All three have state of the art headphone amps	3
Novice dac query. If I go for an outboard DAC it's definitely DCS. It's the closest to analogue you can get period and yes you can use your digital coax (SP/DIF) out for DAC in your CD player. . . .	3
Is my DAC fried,cooked or what,help change tube first to see what's going on	3
Any Problem using Plastic Covers for CD ? sometimes in best buy you can acquire megachanger of 400 disks or so or whatever capacity you need for $100 range or even less. good storage and you can use for party as well	3
What can be on a cd that..... In general scratches, fingerprints and/or marks on CD have much larger impact on playback than same on vinyl. In your deck scratched and marked CD plays but on another might not. . . .	3
My arcam alpha 7 can't read help I used to have the same problem with McCormack Mod Squad CD-player. If I was running it without DAC everything was fine. The next thing I've done to get rid of that problem is I've. . .	3
My Micromega Stage 3 Stopped Producing Sound ...try out using DAC and the digital output of your micromega(btw it has a great transport!) If everything is OK than get some good DAC and use your player as a transport. I bet. . .	3
Loud Hum with Fubar DAC & NHT PVC LOL watch for the brand names especially FUBAR	2
Any high quality CD recorders? You'll most likely need HDD recorder such as Alesis ML9600. Check musiciansfriend, sweetwater, fullcompas or similar web-sites that sell professional audio equipment and select . . .	2
Cary 306 SACD and laptop Only if the resolution of files you're playing is compatible with DAC. If the DAC is only designed to read 16/44.1 resolution than the same resolution they should be obviously . . .	2
New Cambridge CD player, a real sleeper? ...only it doesn't have its tubes exposed	2
Questmanaudio DAC If you pay attention to their front page they've got 30 years of experience... In what??? DACs	2
Transport going down? Checklist suggestions what is your DAC? did you try to play your pioneer as a whole player? if not that's the first step	2
Is the Meridian 206 a good player??? the price is low and there is none better or at least as this one. check if not DOA and working condition without paying attention to cosmetics	2
Accuphase DP67 + DAC Tooo much money to spend to upgrade DP67. You can get separate DAC for PC though	1
Musical Fidelity V-Can Headphone Amp PS Upgrade sell v-can get x-can = ps upgrade moneywise and >> soundwise	1
Jolida100a schematic? It's not complicated amp. Map it dude	1
x10 v3 musicalfidelity x10 is a feedback unit. adding an extra feedback on the any amplification path may result an instability of an operation in any component. however it will correct the stages where . . .	1