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I'm looking for a cd player that will get more out of the playback and sound of lesser quality recordings and/or poorly remastered cd's from the past (example:70's soul/ 50's and 60's jazz remasters). By "more" I mean less thinness, leaness, in the sonics and more weight and lows, yet not rolled off or muted in the highs. In other words, a player that will dig deeper- do more with a lesser cd. I currently have an excellent player, the Modwright Sony 999ES, fully loaded, but synergy-wise it's not maximizing in my system. I'm looking for a used player in the $2500 -$3k area that will improve the sound quality on some of the lesser cd's I own. The one thing about this hobby that frustrates me no end is the synergy thing which can take away great performance from a quality piece of gear. My system: LSA/DK Signature int, Reimer Wind River GS, Modwright Sony,Acoutstic Zen cabling, Shunyata Hydra- various aftermarket PC's. Do you know of such a player?
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I think they're called "records".
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I listen to a lot of jazz and find that vinyl re-issues simply sound fuller in the lower mids etc. The CD reissues are not as good sounding.
Try a Rega Apollo. If your budget goes up to $2.5K, then the Saturn might be a good choice.I'm sure hearing more of what's really on the disc since I got my Apollo.
I don’t have a player recommendation, but have a similar problem as you do. With less than stellar recordings, use an Acoustic Research TDS202 (passive audiophile version) left over from my old system. It does add some bloom or decay and fleshes things out, but also de-emphasizing the attack and deletes some low level details…so the net result is a kinda wash. I don't keep it in the loop all the time because it’s not that clean even in bypass mode. However, it’s redeaming features is it’s ability to help during low volume sessions and to add some life to mono / flat recordings. I’ve seen them on ebay for about less than 50 bucks.
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