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What balanced CDPs sound like Arcam?

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I'm looking for a balanced CD player for a balanced system and have been fruitlessly looking at CDPs the past several months. I've heard and/or auditioned ones like the Ayre CX-7e, Audio Aero Prima, Primare CD31, and McIntosh MCD-201, but none of these were really what I was looking for sonically. If Arcam just made a balanced CD player it would probably be exactly what I want! So are there any balanced CDPs that sound like an Arcam? The FMJ CD33 model specifically of course, or CD36 as the case might be.

I'm considering everything from the CA Azur 840C all the way up to Wadia 301, Plinius CD-101, Ayre C-5xe, but totally unsure which of these would sound remotely like an Arcam. Apart from the 840C and C-5xe, I have no way to audition these...

My max budget is around $5K btw.

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Which Arcam? - raphsdad 04:48:28 03/05/08 (0)
RE: What balanced CDPs sound like Arcam? - hairydog 08:04:29 03/03/08 (0)
different arcam cd plyaers sound very differently! nt - Vince S 08:51:00 02/28/08 (0)
RE: What balanced CDPs sound like Arcam? - Asrale 21:07:32 02/26/08 (0)
RE: What balanced CDPs sound like Arcam? - mjcmt 08:25:19 02/26/08 (0)
RE: What balanced CDPs sound like Arcam? - XLR8OR 00:38:08 02/26/08 (0)

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