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RE: What are BH folks using for CD players these days?

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In Reply to: RE: What are BH folks using for CD players these days? posted by jtkarma on June 13, 2007 at 10:50:59

I have a few:

a Toshiba with the Swenson mods (substitute high quality caps for the output section) - pretty decent sound and cheap. It lacks fine resolution, but it really gets the rhythm and pacing and has a nice tone.

an NAD C541i - a huge step up from the Toshiba, especially in resolution. These things are a great bang for the buck. I have it playing through the SEX right now and they make beautiful music together.

a Marantz SA-8260 - a gentle step up from the NAD, but it also has SACD which sounds almost as good as vinyl and better in some respects. The tone is really sweet on this. I think, however, that some of the newer players to come along in the last couple of years could probably surpass it for the same $ investment. Obviously, the sky is the limit on these things, but for me this was a great compromise between breaking the bank and quality sound.

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sorry about that - randallvw 18:39:00 06/13/07 (0)
oppo dv970 - randallvw 12:31:31 06/13/07 (0)
using for CD players these days? - Bare 12:27:43 06/13/07 (2)
- RE: using for CD players these days? - Caddis 15:51:31 06/13/07 (1)
  - Toshiba CD player mods - DaveT 17:38:53 06/13/07 (0)

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