I owned a Cayin CD22, an upgraded version of the CDT15 for Hong Kong market by its local Agent. Though I didn't have the opportunity to compare CDT15 with Rega's CD player in a Hi-Fi dealer's shop in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, the Owner of the shop demonstrated to me the comparison with a Classe CD player which was three times the price of CDT15. The winner is still the Classe but not by a broad margin with CDT15's solid state ouput and he assured me that CDT15 was better than Raga pricewise and sonically.
CD22 sounds great once the original Sovtek 6922 tubes were replaced with Siemens E188CC. Even my wife in next room could hear the higher fidelity that CD22 could deliver. With changing the tubes, the solid state output will be better and its tube output is disappointing.
CD22 sounds great once the original Sovtek 6922 tubes were replaced with Siemens E188CC. Even my wife in next room could hear the higher fidelity that CD22 could deliver. With changing the tubes, the solid state output will be better and its tube output is disappointing.