A recent review of the Lector seems indicate it needs high power amplifcation down the chain to sound its best which seems odd but an observation nevertheless: think it was Absolute Sound
I own a Lector player and I can attest to it's wonderful sound. In it's stock form it handily beats the MSB reference cd station III. I had both on hand and the Lector is definitely more musical and involving. It is the most analog sounding player I've auditioned. If you do a bit of tube rolling it can move to a whole new level. I do not use the stock tubes as the tubes I selected change the Lector from a very good sounding player to an amazing musical performance.
I do have the SonyModwright 9000es, this Cdp is a full sounding unit, with excellent harmonic texture,this one is way better than the 999es,I heard both of them in many occasion,Dan has BonMod that is a clone of my player.This player is also very musical, I listen many hours on this cdp, its unfatiguing.Good Luck.
Owner of the Lector myself - and done som tube rolling:
I've now tried with Siemens NOS as well as RFT NOS (former eastern Germany I quess) and the original CVC Chelmer valves. The RFT tubes are best in my system, giving more precise bass as well as natural imaging. Detailed without beeing edgy.
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