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Krell KPS20i to current RBCDP, Enough difference?

Hi to everybody here, my first post after a couple of yrs of reading others! I am now looking to improve on my Krell KPS 20i, with a newer machine. I have enjoyed the Krell for 5 years now, though the machine itself is from 96 ish.. The amps have moved on in that time to Audio Research Reference3 and Tom Evans Linear B's, driving ML Spires. I am mainly keen to hear of possible improvements i might hear before getting into home dems, ive got the possibility of a couple of options from Arc, MBL. Any thoughts would be welcome.
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elberoth2
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Both ARC CD-8 and MBL1531 will bring you a HUGE improvement over KPS-20i. Resolution, purity of tone, soundstaging, texture - you name it. The only area where KPS-20i is still hard to beat IMO is the bass slam.

I have CD-8 and dCS Puccini in my system, had owned MBL1531 in the past, and just sold my old KPS-20i which I kept for backup purposes, 2 weeks ago. So this is a first hand info.

IMO the CDP to consider here is ARC CD-8.
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elberoth2
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That is true - KPS-20i i a bit noisy. CD-8, MBL 1531 on the othe hand (both build around CD-Pro2LF module, are dead quiet.

CD-8 and 1531 are not in the same league (sound wise) IMO. CD-7 was already better sounding than 1531 (I switched from 1531 to CD-7) and CD-8 is even better.

IMO the CD-8 is the most musical player under $15k.
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