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CD player and DAC

Can you guys give me some suggestions on which cd player and DAC to buy. I am thinking about buying a used Music Hall CD MMF 25 or a Marantz CD6000. For the DACs, a used Bel Canto DAC 1 or a Channel Island. Which combination would be best? If there are better products out there for the same price, let me know. I plan to spend about $800. I know this question is a bit tough, but I have been doing some reasearch for a while now and I am still not sure what to buy.

BTW the rest of my system consists of a Parasound HCA 750 and MMGs.

Thanks
lawbadman
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phasecorrect
2,013 posts
 
FOr $800...you could also go with a SACD/CD unit...new or used...and with Sony positioning themselves with new hybrid manufacturing facilities and upcoming releases...I would hesitate to "pigeon hole" myself with a redbook player...the format is about to break big time...
voodoochile
93 posts
 
Phasecorrect has a good point... you could always add a
DAC for the redbook later on?
lawbadman OP
14 posts
 
Thanks for all your help so far.
I will go with the Sidssp's suggestion and buy good CD player. The question is now, Which one? The Njoe Tjoeb 4000 seems like a good player, it got a lot of good reviews, what I really like is that it has a volume control, so I can connect it directly to my power amp.
Any suggestions on good CD players (preferably ones with a volume control)?
sidssp
1,077 posts
 
If you are willing to buy used and if you can stretch a little, I have seen a few Cary 303/100 for sale for $900-$950 on Audiogon. That is about 1/3 of the list due to the “mark 2” effect but nevertheless it is a killer player.
jposs
99 posts
 
I agree with Phasecoreect also, you can get a damn nice Sony or Phillips SACD player used for well under 800. Or hell, new for that matter.

You can get a Sony 333 for 300 bucks, or a Phillips SCD 1000 for around 500.

Then if you ever want, upgrade the DAC.
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