I just received an APL Denon 3910 on the 22nd of July. It sounded incredible out of the box while going through my Calypso pre. When I switched to direct to amp, my dead quiet noise floor got even quieter! I have not noticed a drop in body or dynamics. Here is the clincher. He just rolled out an inexpensive, solid state Marantz for cd only that he claims to be incredible. There are some aspects of this player that he even prefers to the 3910. Check out his forum if you get a chance.
CD players with variable output/volume control
Hi - I am a single-source guy, and I want to run a CD player directly to my poweramp. I know there are some good units out there with volume controls on the remote, but I don't know of many. Here are the ones I know of:
Xindak Muse 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
Xindak SCD-2
AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000
Several Marantz units...
Any other moderately priced units out there? Am I crazy to want to do this? I hate preamps, especially when I only use them for the volume control...
Xindak Muse 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
Xindak SCD-2
AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000
Several Marantz units...
Any other moderately priced units out there? Am I crazy to want to do this? I hate preamps, especially when I only use them for the volume control...