The best CD Player for the money


I AM IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING A CD PLAYER AND I DONT KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.WITH SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM I WANT TO PURCHASE SOMETHING GOOD BUT I DONT WANT TO SPEND 10,000 EITHER.
jazze22
This was an interesting discussion forum for the moment. I had to replace my CD player a year and a half ago because it was ailing and my dealer took great care of me and made it possible for me to purchase another CD player to which they recommended the Linn Genki. When I picked up the player, I almost threw it through the roof because it does not have all that Heavy Duty stuff that many of the other "High-End" players have these days. They create their great sound and performance with "High-technology" (and Nano-Technologies but they don't like to talk about that in public). It was an easy winner. Now the variable outputs on it are totally worthless unless you are going to direct them to some self powered patio speakers or something and you want an easy way to do it. But all of those issues are being done away with due to all the multi-room enhancements on the AV-receivers as of late.
But as for Hi-fi, the variables are out. The sound on the fixed outputs and the rest of the player is fantastic.
I am now selling my Genki because I have moved to SACD and I needed another player that was good on all Red Book and SACD discs so I purchased the Music Hall Maverick and I am going to sell the Linn Genki starting this week. I was just searching the possibilities when I noticed this forum entry. You can look for it under the user MCNE if you are in the market. I just hope that the Maverick is up to the task to replace the Genki.
The best CD player that I've heard is the Modified Denon from Exemplar Audio. It retails for $3500.
Rotel RCD-1070 CD/HDCD player with a modded Audio Alchemy DTI pro32/DDE V3.0 can compete with CD players costing thousands more.
The AA digital gear is no longer competitive. Even at their current used price points.
I can't believe timeless as this question is that this thread goes back to 12-28-00.Amazing.At some point there will be some technology that replaces CD and digital the way LP and analogue got replaced.Of course those in the know know they were never replaced and that's why we spend $300 for those Hank Mobley Lp's.
Chazzbo