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In Reply to: CD Player that gives loud and clear cymbals? posted by Moss on April 18, 2007 at 05:56:09:
Well, I'll suggest two. I've been A-B comparing a Super Tjoeb with Upsampler against a custom NOS TDA1541 Dac. The Tjoeb has a sweet treble that extends quite a bit more, and I have been paying particular attention to cymbal crash/decay and percussion brushwork. Cymbals and treble in general are more prominent with the Tjoeb, and the soundstage is more focused. But the Tjoeb is significantly under your $2K limit. Another suggestion is the Tent Labs CDP (some basic DIY req'd). I think this CDP will be extremely hard to beat under $2k. A CDP comes down to power supply, jitter-minimization, analog stage, IV conversion and DAC...and Guido has zero'd in on all these areas. I imagine the noise floor in his CDP is incredible. Unfortunately, this rec can only be based on what I know of his design. I have one other suggestion going down a different path. Augment your current speaker with a ribbon supertweeter. I had no idea what I was missing until I brought home a speaker with a ribbon tweeter.
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