Get a Shanling and have it upgraded by Underwood HiFi. My T-200 sounds so smooth its kinda creepy because I always disliked digital. Love hate relationship. I have a $6k TT setup and its a toss up between the two. When it came back it sounded very dark and lifeless but after hours of break in, it bloomed. You can use tube output or direct. Theres not much difference. On early recorded CD's it can take some of the harshness away. In really good stuff the tubes and solid state sound more alike. I can tell my Kimber KCAGs sound better than my copper Tara's in either way. Yes cables do sound different as most here know. My prior CD player was a TOTL Rotel. It bested it in every way. Underwood mods other players as well. You can buy a modded player directly from them and save on shipping. And the Shanling looks cool. Retro modern and its top loading. Since I like analog its cool too. Mike
suggestions for warm cd player
suggestions for a warm cd player wth body..would refer solid state.... I love my Krell KSA 200-S amp and KRC-3 preamp feeding totem modle 1's but on some violin concertos at high volume it can get glary. I was looking for a smooth tubelike euphonic, third order harmonics type cd player that still has resolution and detail?? Currently using a JVC 1050 Paradox and also a Sonographe SD-22