I agree with JMc. I have had excellent luck with buying expensive and well reviewed gear from yesteryear. You get what you pay for IME.
Is the Simaudio Moon Eclipse good value? Help
Looking to put a system together and have an opportunity to pick up a Simaudio Eclipse CD player for $1K or so. My question is this: when the Eclipse was released in 2001 it was roughly $7K and was part of many a reference system. Some 13 years later is it still a good value? Or has technology improved to where that $1K is better spent on a newer (but still used)CD player? All feedback is greatly appreciated.