one factor in favor of the Cary is that it will play HDCD's a big bonus IMO (I am obviously a big fan of HDCD, of which there is much greater availability than SACD, & at equivalant cost to redbook). Ayre makes some great stuff too, so chosing between the two may not be easy if HDCD isn't of interest to you. Regarding Musical Fidelity, if you can find a NuVista 3D machine, you'll have HDCD & probably the better of your other choices, but they are reportedly hard to find.
Synergism
I have a musical fidelity a3 amp/preamp powering audio physic tempo's. Straightwire encore II interconnects and nordost solar wind speaker cable.
My present digital source in a sony c79es changer. I want to keep it for party music but want a serious player.
From reviews I have read I've considered the new Ayre c7 or tthe Cary 303-200. Of course not all dearlers have both and tend to reccomend the ones the stock.
But one dealer said I should only match it to a Musical Fidelity player.
What do u think?
I also read that cd's willat some point have both a regular layer and an sacd layer. So should I be thinking of sacd more even though I don't own any discs?
Should I wait for a universal player?
HELP!~
My present digital source in a sony c79es changer. I want to keep it for party music but want a serious player.
From reviews I have read I've considered the new Ayre c7 or tthe Cary 303-200. Of course not all dearlers have both and tend to reccomend the ones the stock.
But one dealer said I should only match it to a Musical Fidelity player.
What do u think?
I also read that cd's willat some point have both a regular layer and an sacd layer. So should I be thinking of sacd more even though I don't own any discs?
Should I wait for a universal player?
HELP!~