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CD upgrade.
Hi. no problem. Consider closed. Thank you for all those that contributed and provided some useful pointers. 
CD upgrade.
Hi all. Do any of you know about the AMR 77 cd player. While seraching the net i came across a preowned one at 3.5k pounds. Is this near what its worth? Would this be a substantial upgrade to my Droplet player, or just slightly better? I dont real... 
CD upgrade.
Audiofreak32. which model is that, please. is that the cd 22, the one with a separate power supply? Thank you. 
CD upgrade.
Hi all, thanks for all the useful information. I very much appreaciate all the pointers and have been investigating options suggested. Anyone able to recommend cd players with digital input that i could investigate further? Ive been considering th... 
CD upgrade.
Thank you, tomcy6 for the response. it is very much appreciated. I actually prefer cd playback. Would a transport and separate dac be a good idea? i dont want to actually stop spinning discs at this point. am i right in thinking the dac would serv... 
CD upgrade.
I just read that Olive claims 250 times the resolution of cd!How can this be possible when surely there is no music file with 250 times the data that is present on a commercial cd let alone a flac or mp3, direct or burnt to an audio cdr? am i miss... 
CD upgrade.
Audio freak, thanks for the pointers, and thank you tomcy6.i appreciate the responses. And thanks to others too. is the linn akurate ds very expensive? my budget is around 3k pounds ( British pounds).During research i came across a product - Olive... 
CD upgrade.
Thanks the the replies, guys. Audiofreak, any suggestions on dac? Can any cd player be used that has an optical output be used as a dac? I have in storage an old marantz cd 63 ki. i recall from my days of using it, it would even read the most scra... 
Benchmark Dac 1 USB
Hi.Thank you for all the replies.Can these dacs connect and play streamed music from services such as spotify?Thank you. 
Benchmark Dac 1 USB
Mezmo, thank you for the response.your quite right, i was hoping there was something magical in them to enhance the sound of a 3k ( GB pounds ) player, as well as the pc source capability. it did seem too good to be true! still, theres the pc capa... 
Benchmark Dac 1 USB
thank you for the responses. anyone have an idea if a 3- 4 k cd player would have a better dac section. the reason im asking is im considering the dac because of the usb/ computer connection and if it would be better than my own cd player dac, i m... 
Novice dac query.
Thank you for the reply. Anyone know much much a dCS algarplus? I understand they are around 10 years old. any ideas how much they are worth now? Thank you. 
Pass Labs heatsinks temperature
Hi. Im not sure if this helps at all, but i have a pass xa30.5 and it just gets warm to the touch. After an hour or so the whole thing is warm, certainly not hot. even the whole thick metal front panel is warm as well as the fins. im no expert on ... 
Power Failure on playing music.
Thank you for the response. i always thought something nasty would happen. 
CABLES FOR PASS XA30.5
hi. i have this amp and i use chord anthem 2 xlr and chord epic speaker cable.the results are very good. correct me if im wrong, but dont pass say in the manual that cables dont matter too much as long as they are of sufficient gauge? i have found...