Due to the £ falling against other currencies, the price of the Bricasti shot up by about 15%. I've put that idea on the back boiler for now.
I tried out the T + A PDP 3000 HV for a week. That was very interesting. This machine oozes quality. It is very meticulously built, and has all manner of unexpected enhancements over other machines, such as two power supplies, and therefore two power leads.
To my surprise, to my ageing hearing anyway, it only sounded marginally better than the Meridian 588. The sound was certainly a bit smoother. I decided not to buy it for a few reasons: I could hear the transport whir during quiet parts of music, the remote only worked when I stood directly in front of the machine, and not at an angle from my listening position, but mostly because I felt I could not justify the price in view of only a marginal improvement in perceived sound quality.
In the near future, I hope to compare a MacIntosh MCD 550 with the Esoteric K 03x. I will also listen to the Moon 650D.
I am still hoping that by buying an expensive, modern cd player, I will achieve a big improvement over a relatively cheap, 13-year old machine.
I tried out the T + A PDP 3000 HV for a week. That was very interesting. This machine oozes quality. It is very meticulously built, and has all manner of unexpected enhancements over other machines, such as two power supplies, and therefore two power leads.
To my surprise, to my ageing hearing anyway, it only sounded marginally better than the Meridian 588. The sound was certainly a bit smoother. I decided not to buy it for a few reasons: I could hear the transport whir during quiet parts of music, the remote only worked when I stood directly in front of the machine, and not at an angle from my listening position, but mostly because I felt I could not justify the price in view of only a marginal improvement in perceived sound quality.
In the near future, I hope to compare a MacIntosh MCD 550 with the Esoteric K 03x. I will also listen to the Moon 650D.
I am still hoping that by buying an expensive, modern cd player, I will achieve a big improvement over a relatively cheap, 13-year old machine.