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In Reply to: RE: Adcom CD Players posted by geezerrocket on June 21, 2016 at 18:59:27
If you want a fun CD changer, you could always end up with the Adcom...
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The GCD 600 uses the Philips TDA1541 16-bit DAC chip, in a 4X oversampling configuration. I was disappointed to see that Adcom didn't pay extra for the "crown" version of the DAC. At the moment, I don't remember if it's the original 1541, or the 1541A. Adcom doesn't use the "matching" Phillips filter chip (SAA 7220), or if they do, I didn't recognize it on the circuit board.
I buy every GCD 600 I find for sale at a decent price. I walk away from the expensive ones, though. I have two that output a proper digital signal from the coax digital output jack, but have no analog output at all. I suspect popped analog transformers, or perhaps fuses. One of the fully-functional units has the white faceplate and buttons. There's a black one that's the source for my garage system, and one of the no-analog units provides a digital signal to my home theater system pre/pro; in that application I don't need the analog board or DAC chip at all. There's a few more on the shelf for "later".
The GCD 700 is similar to the 600, but uses a Burr-Brown "20-bit" DAC chip, and 8X oversampling. I don't own one.
The '600 is usually built in Japan. The '700 is usually built in Communist China. I would say that COO listed above is absolute, but there may be exceptions I don't know about.
I have an Adcom GCD-700. It is still going strong (manufacture date is September 1996) and is one of the best CD players I have owned. I enthusiastically recommend it.
I was looking at three actually. The GCD-575,750,and 700.
The first two are single disc, while the other is carousel unit.
The only reason was to keep it a all Adcom stack. I have also been looking at Cambridge Audio and Rotel for him as well.
There are a ton of decent spinners out there for less than $250. I'm just not all that familiar with most of them.
Meat; It's the right thing to do. Romans 14:2
Several audiophiles keep asking me for my posts about the Adcom GCD-700. Since I do no have the time to keep answering the flood of emails I receive, I am going to lay out the GCD-700 posts here.Part 1
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Part 15I do not have any meaningful experience with Adcom's other CD players, so I am not at liberty to comment.
Edits: 06/22/16
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