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CD players for soundstage depth

Recommendations please!

What CD players give the best soundstage depth, and layering?

I listen mainly to classical, a lot of orchestral, and I like to hear that the brass and woodwind are sitting towards the back of the stage, *behind* the strings, not floating in air above them.

Thanks.
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electroid
283 posts
 
I agree w/sugar - especially room acoustics

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tvad
9,467 posts
 
Speaker placement is a good place to start for improving soundstage depth, as Sugarbrie stated above.

Also, reducing the system noise floor using some power conditioning and/or good power cords goes a long way to improving resolution, thereby making the image sound larger and deeper.
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twoleftears OP
1,457 posts
 
Thanks guys!

The thing is, I *am* getting good soundstaging and layering from LPs, but CD playback falls short in this regard, hence my question. The CDP in the system currently is an older 777 Sony model, which is to be replaced soon, but by what?
sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
Just get a better CD player period. If it outputs nice clean detailed sound, that will in itself produce the good soundstage, if you have the rest of the system in good order.
bar81
754 posts
 
ime the Meridian 808.2 is excellent in that regard.
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