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RE: Vintage Magnavox CDB492 CD Player - Impressive!

Lots of technology and a good movie experience to be sure. The $10,000 question is does it sound better on redbook cd playback than this humble Magnavox cdp with 16 bit DACs?

This is not to deminish the Oppo's strengths but mine with a Benchmark DAC did sound more involving, but as a stand alone unit it sounds sterile, flat, and uninvolving to me. Hopefully the Oppo 83 changed that, but I'm really enjoying the vintage Maganavox. It reminds me of the Cary CD308 I had 2 years ago, as far as listening pleasure and the human element.

Many high end manufactures have re-discovered that the Philips 1543 DAC from the '80's used in the Mag CDB492 still plays music good. I know this to be true because I had the modern Consonance Linear NOS cdp w/ the same DAC and I recently discovered this vintage player and I must say it makes beautiful music.


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