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Preamp into Quad Actives?
......that by digitally pulling down the offending frequencies a few dB and pushing up the frequencies above 8kHz......You can make such adjustments with the CDP-2!? 
Preamp into Quad Actives?
How do you like the sound of the Quad actives now?It can't hurt to try balanced and/or a tube pre. As for the speakers, for their size I could not be happier with the sound.I have no experience with tubes. Any inexpensive preamp recommendations wo... 
Your First Concert was.....
He had no idea who Hendrix was but that we wanted to go to the concert at the Dallas Symphony Hall to hear him was all good. He was a little surprised to hear the music later...... 
MHZS Audio CD-66, Looks nice but is it any good ?
Are there any new observervations of this machine. The features/price ratio seem compelling, but if quality is lacking...Bartokfan, where can I get the mods that you mention done for $300? 
Warmer sounding CD Players?
Bartokfan - What unit do you have? 
Rega Apollo vs Quad CDP
Mea culpa. I should have done a search on this. There was a thread that included these two models not long ago. 
Why do some CDP's play louder?
This may be way off, but does the Shanling have fixed and variable outputs? Sometimes volumes are lower on many CD models when using the variable outputs. 
CD Players With Balanced Variable Outputs?
"I'm guessing that he needs balanced outputs that have a variable volume control."Alas, that was the intent of my question. My limited understanding is that many players, perhaps not the very best, "lose something" when using the variable outputs ... 
CD Players With Balanced Variable Outputs?
My question about "balanced variable output" means,I think, both together. It seems many CD players have have either balanced XLR outputs plus RCA unbalanced outputs, or fixed and variable RCA outputs, but not balanced XLR outputs with a variable ...