My first experience with Sim audio cdp goes back to couple years. While I was impressed with the sheer resolution, pure tone, prodigious bass extension and authoritative presentation, I never did warm up to Sim audio's somewhat colourless and less involving signature.
That was until I heard the new $1.5 K Moon CD-1. This new model while do not have the ultimate in audiophile qualities with the more expensive models, somehow infuse a tonal richness and timbral rightness I have not encountered in Sim's earlier models. I thought Sim audio has striked a sweet spot with the value equation with the CD-1, and easily amongst the best I have heard at this price point. The soundstage.com review is spot on. I have not heard the latest Super Nova, but if it is anywhere building on these strength would be a winner in my books.
That was until I heard the new $1.5 K Moon CD-1. This new model while do not have the ultimate in audiophile qualities with the more expensive models, somehow infuse a tonal richness and timbral rightness I have not encountered in Sim's earlier models. I thought Sim audio has striked a sweet spot with the value equation with the CD-1, and easily amongst the best I have heard at this price point. The soundstage.com review is spot on. I have not heard the latest Super Nova, but if it is anywhere building on these strength would be a winner in my books.