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Digital Drive Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it. |
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Digital Drive Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it. |
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A B&O CDX player that has served me well for over 25 years finally bit the dust late last week and a Marantz SA-8004 now sits in its place. The B&O player was a very good player in its day but I can't believe how much better the Marantz sounds. I know it is not the end-all player today, but the improvement isn't incremental. It is astounding how much better it is and it is not broken in yet. I listened deep into the night yesterday, no vinyl for the first time in I don't know how long.
I tend to keep equipment until it breaks but I have to say the uptick in quality far exceeds my recent replacements in turntables or amplifiers. CD improvements have caught me off guard. I guess my head has been in the sand. I really like that I can also play my iPod, memory sticks, or any other digital input through to the excellent DAC. This versitility was key because I really don't want to mess with servers as the only way to play digital sources. I have worked in IT for close to 40 years and I just don't want to mess with that stuff at home. The 8004 is an outstanding player, but what do I know? I apparently haven't been around. :-)
Scott
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Topic - 25 years of CD player progress - jsm71 04:49:41 07/18/12 (35)
- 25 years of CD player progress: amazingly small - Belgarchi 18:38:07 08/11/12 (0)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - pictureguy 23:54:38 07/22/12 (8)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - Crazy Dave 09:49:53 07/23/12 (7)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - pictureguy 11:26:43 07/23/12 (6)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - pictureguy 11:39:01 07/23/12 (5)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - Crazy Dave 13:34:29 07/23/12 (4)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - pictureguy 17:23:45 07/23/12 (3)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - Crazy Dave 09:38:02 07/24/12 (2)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - pictureguy 11:23:47 07/24/12 (1)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - Crazy Dave 09:24:14 07/25/12 (0)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - fantja 12:11:14 07/20/12 (0)
- Congratulations on the Marantz SA-8004 - dvb 23:28:29 07/19/12 (1)
- RE: Congratulations on the Marantz SA-8004 - jsm71 12:26:09 07/20/12 (0)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - tmsorosk 19:52:07 07/19/12 (0)
- Yeah, I hear ya.... - rlw 13:13:17 07/19/12 (0)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - Crazy Dave 13:01:11 07/18/12 (0)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - AbeCollins 09:43:58 07/18/12 (16)
- Macs are nice, but... - rlw 13:21:51 07/19/12 (0)
- Even the modest Squeezebox - E-Stat 15:49:39 07/18/12 (9)
- And those Unix/Linux systems... - rlw 13:29:22 07/19/12 (7)
- Lack of software for Mac, Unix/Linux has always been an issue for me as well. - willkayakforfood 16:16:02 07/19/12 (6)
- Very weak argument when you consider.... - AbeCollins 22:50:29 07/22/12 (5)
- Very weak argument when you consider.... (right back atchya)... - willkayakforfood 23:07:59 07/22/12 (4)
- You've been told ??? - AbeCollins 11:18:55 07/23/12 (3)
- Yes, I've been told. What's so difficult to understand in that? - willkayakforfood 11:26:06 07/24/12 (2)
- And like I said, - AbeCollins 15:08:17 07/24/12 (1)
- RE: And like I said, - pictureguy 13:18:31 07/26/12 (0)
- RE: Even the modest Squeezebox - AbeCollins 16:28:38 07/18/12 (0)
- RE: 25 years of CD player progress - jsm71 12:07:20 07/18/12 (0)
- What Abe Said...Except Substitute Mac with Linux - Dynobot 10:57:38 07/18/12 (3)
- I play with Linux, too. - AbeCollins 14:15:13 07/18/12 (0)
- RE: What Abe Said...Except Substitute Mac with Linux - blattus 11:18:56 07/18/12 (1)
- RE: What Abe Said...Except Substitute Mac with Linux - AbeCollins 14:22:04 07/18/12 (0)
- I had a B&O CDX - soundnut 05:53:29 07/18/12 (1)
- RE: I had a B&O CDX - jsm71 12:37:54 07/18/12 (0)
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