and it does have enough power to drive the most demanding headphones such as the HD800's.
Marantz SA8004 is fundamentally musical
I hate posting about equipment because what sounds good one day - usually changes the next - Of the long list of cd players that i have owned (in this price range - $500 to $2500) - over the last 20 years and even the ones i have had modified - this player sounds more musically involving than most that i have owned.
one of the few players that i have had where all i do is listen to music - rather than how much resolution there is, or soundstaging or how it does voices and cymbals and woodwinds, - how it images, etc - it doesn't matter - this player involves me with the music being played.
the old cliche - "everthing sounds cut from the same cloth"
or "sounds like one piece" - applies hear in spades.
This is using the player over 1 month - not hunreds of hours
regards
one of the few players that i have had where all i do is listen to music - rather than how much resolution there is, or soundstaging or how it does voices and cymbals and woodwinds, - how it images, etc - it doesn't matter - this player involves me with the music being played.
the old cliche - "everthing sounds cut from the same cloth"
or "sounds like one piece" - applies hear in spades.
This is using the player over 1 month - not hunreds of hours
regards