In Reply to: Better to buy new lower-end, or older higher-end? posted by K-wey on February 13, 2012 at 07:56:49:
In general, I strongly agree with those who have suggested that you can't boil your question down as simply as you would like to. Almost always, the right advice is to actually audition the specific units which you are considering. However, you are asking about CD players, which physically wear/deteriate more quickly than any other type of audio component I can think of except for tape players. Disc rotations in the hundreds of RPMs, aging lasers, and drawer mechanisms become problematic for long term reliability. For that reason, I suggest that you lean towards a newer CD player over an older one.Certainly, not all newer players feature quality transport mechanisms. I suggest first looking for a player with a either a Philips CDM-PRO or one of the TEAC drives. I've read good things about the $250 (street price) Tascam CD-200, featuring the audio specific TEAC CD-5020A drive mechanism. I must say that I've not yet auditioned the CD-200.
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Ken Newton
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