The best CD Player for the money

Some posters on this site need to get off their high horse....

Tvad, this is not a question of preference. It is a question of live vs. Hifi. Everyone who has listened to the difference here agrees with me. One recent visitor brought a very loved SACD player. He now owns the AMR-CD 77.

All I need to do is run the collector's disc, "Lavin," on and play Sylvie Courvoisier's first four plucked piano string notes. The digital filter players, in varying degrees, truncate the decay, blend the harmonics, and blanche the tone.

My point was that it is highly, if not completely, unlikely you would change your mind, and your most recent post reaffirms my opinion in this regard.

It would be of no benefit to Gryphonaudio to accept your invitation, and certainly anyone reading this exchange would agree.

There are many satisfied owners of upsampling, oversampling and non-oversampling CD players, and I would not presume to tell anyone which approach is best, because frankly I don't believe there is a best...only what appeals to each individual.

Tvad, I am reporting what is happening here, with my system. No, other systems will probably not mirror my findings. That does not negate the amazing things I am finding about with my system.

You assume to much saying anyone reading this exchange would not gain from comparing their players to mine here. You are just saying no one can change my mind, so why bother. That is not the challenge. I want to know who is going to be the first visitor whose opinion does not change.

You assume to much saying anyone reading this exchange would not gain from comparing their players to mine here.

I never stated this. My statement was specific to your challenge to Gryphonaudio.

You are just saying no one can change my mind, so why bother. That is not the challenge.

This was the challenge:

Gryphonaudio... I will swear on a stack of holy books my no filter DAC will out shine the Mikado in every category on my system.

Seems pretty straightforward and specific. How could a representative of a manufacturer of an upsampling CD player have any hope of a positive outcome when challenged in such a manner, with the challenger willing to swear on a stack of holy books? Pretty much the definition of intractable.

I want to know who is going to be the first visitor whose opinion does not change.
Muralman1 (System | Threads | Answers)

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