Warm, fullbodied, smooth, and transparent

What IC best describes warm, fullbodied, smooth, and transparent to help a thinner sounding CDP.

seabreeze08-05-2011 2:54am

lloydelee21 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,202 posts 08-05-2011 at 07:21am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Depends on your budget: Transparent Reference Cables (particularly XL) from 10 years ago...not necessarily the new MM1 or MM2 which are a bit cleaner though still full sounding. Very rich, full but detailed and good bass in particular. i use them and really enjoy them...and while they are warm/full, i dont think many if anyone would say they are bloated or slow. Purist Audio Dominus even more so. Also v expensive Going to the budget end, the old Audioquest Emerald ICs were very musical, full and warm. not as detailed though...brand new they were $400...20 years ago. Probably could pick one up for 35-65? good luck and pls keep us posted!
tmsorosk Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,013 posts 08-05-2011 at 12:35pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Cardas .
seabreeze OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 46 posts 08-05-2011 at 12:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Perfect Lloyd, refrences to both high end and budget, just the kind of feedback I was looking for, although I didn't mention that in my opening post...