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In Reply to: Is there an end in sight for expensive CD players? posted by Stingray1972 on March 16, 2007 at 04:27:15:
Thought this was already beyond common knowledge at this point. I have a heavily modded Sony SCD-777ES and it goes up against an Intel MacMini coupled with a Lavry DA-10.Flipping from one channel to another in the preamp playing the same song is like almost listening to the exact same source. There is sometimes a slight win to the Sony overall but it's hardly consequential. Considering that the Sony SACD player has underwent two rounds of modifications, I find it difficult to believe the trend lines are already set.
Obviously when it comes to SACD it's no contest but otherwise, I don't see the need to go with expensive CD players anymore.
In addition to the high quality an intel MacMini/Lavry DAC produces, there's the jukebox quality of having thousands and thousands of songs available at your fingertips. I use a maxtor personal storage 300GB drive and it's quiet and excellent. But considering you can get a 500GB hard drive for less than $150, well that's tough to top.
Sound quality plus the convenience of controlling a 20,000 song library, yes I've surrendered.
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