Yamaha CDS-1000 or Denon DCD-1600ne


These are my choices for sacd players which would be a good fit for me system. I have a musical fidelity m6si and my speakers are Sonus faber sonetto iii and run a rel subwoofer.

bigmac1963

Those 2 players don’t even remotely sound similar.

I’ve used/heard both and the Denon is a little darker. Bass is more pronounced.

The Yamaha is more crisp with more upper end sparkle.

While both are good players, it ultimately comes down to which type of sound you’re looking for.

I'm not familiar with your speakers, so can't really comment, but the above might help you out.

 

 

Digital is not like Analog where two turntables are being compared. An ad hoc listen to the two players as done by coralkong is not a properly set up test. Both the Denon and Yamaha have very low jitter and harmonic distortion/noise floor. So why would they be expected to sound different? 

My speakers are warm sounding so I’m looking for a good fit with one of the sacd players.

Put that coin away!

Yamaha`s are known to be slightly warm. I`d go with the Denon.

And, yes, I have heard both.