My Phish is Dead Cary it or Proceed to new Planet

Hi Suko,

Very creative tag line. I myself am a Dead/Jam Band fan and am having a very good time with a Musical Fidelity A308cr CD Player. I find the Musical Fidelity CD Player lineup to be more detailed than the Cary, Rega, or Adcom CD Players. More bass extension, more treble extension as well. That is not necessarily a good thing for those of us who prefer lush.

I owned the Classe CDP-1 and loved it for quite a while a few years back. At the time I thought that it was close to equal of the more expensive Classe DAC-1/CDT-1 transport. It was state of the art in its time. Very nice machine.

If you have not done so already, check out the live String Cheese Incident disks. Great band, good recordings.

Good Luck,
Drew

Hi Suko,

I do not find the Musical Fidelity A308cr clinical at all, but I could see someone who is very happy with a more lush, less detailed CD player seeing it that way. I guess it depends on what you are listening to now and your personal preferences.

When I got my purchased my present CD player I went to a dealer to change my amp/preamp because I thought that was the problem in my system. He suggested that the problem was the Cary CD player. He is also a Cary dealer. He was right and I purchased the Musical Fidelity CD player. I have not looked back.

As far as live recordings go, the entire Phish Spring tour is available for download at their website. I was at the Continental Arena show in New Jersey that had BB King jam with the band for an hour. I would suggest that to you. Any of the String Cheese shows are worthwhile. Check the setlist and pick the show with your favorite tunes. I saw them at Radio City Music Hall last year and they did an unbelieveable Yes Roundabout. Worthwhile.

Good Luck.
Drew