Who still listens to their First Generation Cd Players?

I still like the sound of those early cd players except early problematic sonys

vinny5504-15-2018 5:09am

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wspohn Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 578 posts 04-20-2018 at 04:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I currently listen to most of my digital from a server which has my ~ CDs ripped in FLAC and easily accessible, although in my main system I do have an Emotiva ERC-3 in the main system for playing discs. But I do have a unit that has been excellent over the years, an Arcam Delta 70 with a very rugged Phillips transport, built like a battleship and still fully functional after an almost 30 year span - not many early players have lasted like that. Had a Black Box DA converter for awhile, then a Classe and currently a Hegel, and used the Arcam with the first tow very successfully.
monkandmozart Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 17 posts 04-21-2018 at 12:14am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sony CA9ES Carousel
harrylavo Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 341 posts 04-21-2018 at 02:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Another vote for the early Phillips gear .... mine an 880 (just below the 960 but still about $1300 back in the day). Heavy as a concrete block, absolutely three-dimensional sound (although premature fade-to-black,as the machine had rising non-linearity below -90db as the early chipsets all did). Mine is not operating currently but I soon hope to have it repaired and then it will go into the system alongside my Oppo 105. I A/B'd it back in 1989 vs Sony's top model, and it beat the pants off of it.
niodari Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 297 posts 04-22-2018 at 08:43pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My main music source remain CD players (and rarely I use my Yamaha K-850 cassette deck - some cassettes give good dynamics). CD players I use are (about 20-years old) Krell CAD 300, Yamaha CDS2000 and sometimes Arcam CD 73. Krell has the oldest burr-brown dac which gives a reasonably good uncolored reproduction (unlike newer ess ones). But I use Krell basically as a transport with Raymio DAP 777, that somehow compensates inaccuracies in the interpretation of digital signal. I think I can accept the resultant analog sound and not worry too much about the accuracy any more. So I intent to continue to use CD source. Streaming is not good for me, its like driving a car with an automatic transmission vs manual one.
niodari Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 297 posts 04-22-2018 at 08:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete And I can avoid use of LPs as Raymio DAC settles the problem with analog interpretation.

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