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In Reply to: What CD player under $2000 sounds good without a pre-amp? posted by Donald on May 17, 2005 at 07:54:21:
Why do you want to spend $2000 on a cd player if your using a mid range reciever?? This doesnt make much sense your wasting your money. Just go with one of the lower priced players like a NAD or Cambridge audio, spend the rest on mmore cds! With a reciever your not going to hear the potential of a high end cd player.
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> With a reciever your not going to hear the potential of a high end cd player.Depends upon which receiver. For instance, and Arcam HT receiver tends to be very good with music (better than with movies, actually) - enough that you can tell the difference between a NAD C541i, a Naim CD5x, Cary 303/300, Rega Jupiter and a Arcam CD33.
You could argue that you are leaving *some* performance on the table possibly, but I contend that the speaker will make more difference than the preamp/amp choice.
> Why do you want to spend $2000 on a cd player if your using a mid range reciever?? This doesnt make much sense your wasting your money.I would agree *if* the person will never upgrade their receiver. Getting an excellent source will allow the person to get really good gains if he or she ever upgrades the receiver.
The new player would only be used with the mid-range receiver temporarily. As I originally wrote, I intend to upgrade piece by piece. A better amp/pre-amp set-up will be looked into once I have more funds saved up.
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