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I've found the cd player for analog lovers

I'm the guy who said on Audiogon, "When is digital going to get the soul of music?". Let me just say that I've found the digital player that rivals or beats analog. No, it is not $40,000. Please read me on my thread! I do believe that there is much variability with cd's. So not all cd's are created equally. The player in question is APL Hi-Fi's Denon 3910. I've found that volume is really critical. Alex voiced his player while comparing it to analog. Let me just tell you that I used to get tense from cd. I'm not saying that all cd's will sound great. For instance, my friend bought a cd from Walmart that was Van Morrison's greatest hits. It was hard to listen to through the digital haze to the music on Alex's $19,000(not your price)cd player.
mmakshak

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tvad
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Congratulations.
tvad
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I agree with you that the APL unit is not involved with this problem. I have the APL Denon 3910 with the new AKM chips and I do not experience digital glare/edginess/harshness/distortion even at very loud volumes.

Best Regards,
John
Puremusic (Threads | Answers)
In order to avoid any misunderstanding, it should be made clear that Mmakshak's APL Denon 3910 is not the same as Puremusic's APL Denon 3910. Mmakshak's does not have AKM DACs, nor does it have the APL designed tube output stage, Upsampler, H-Attenuator, or Linear power supply. It does have an APL designed MOSFET output stage, APL Master clock and power supply improvements.

So, while it's likely that neither player is responsible for Mmakshak's volume issue, they are apples to oranges players.
tvad
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...digital remains like a clone without a soul.
Gregadd (System | Threads | Answers)
Precisely my description of chip amps. Lordy, help those poor souls who combine chip amps with digital sources. They got no Ba-donka-donk.
tvad
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Chip amps. Amps that use chips...aka digital amps...(but don't tell the NuForce people they own digital amps)...so, chips amps covers it.

No soul with chip amps. No meat-n-gravy. No rump shakin'. No baby makin'.

No Ba-Donka-Donk.
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