Why do some CDP's play louder?


I do have two CDP's (one Shanling CD-T100/one Marantz SA 8260). The Marantz plays much louder than the Shanling (through the same Integrated amp). How come?
Thank you for your feedback!
charlot
diffrent output gain on CDP's can fool some upon A-B testing that the louder one is better....not so.
I've had the same experience with 2 different preamps, a Krell KBL and a CJ 12. With the Krell I could get the volume to 1 or 2 o'clock on the volume and the CJ only let me get to 10 o'clock. It did turn out to be system synergy between output and input sensitivity between the player, a Sony 9000ES and the pres and the amp. The amp is a Bedini 801 modified that the person I got it from had some EVS attenuators that solved the problem. A good lesson learned by me on matching your equipment through research before you buy.

Boss302