CD players with no or configurable upsampling

Joe,
I guess an option would be to use Consonances DAC16 (which is the same as the 120 Linear's)with the transport of your choice.

I enjoyed my time with the 120 Linear. It was so musical and I found it very anologue sounding to my ears. The only comparison I made it to was a Resolution Audio CD50. The Linear had better pace but was not quite as analogue sounding, but not far off either. The Resolution had a bit better detail. It was more engaging and held its own quite well to this costly player.

i have reviewed, auditioned and owned many 24 bit oversampling cd players, including:

bat vk5, musical fidelity a5, lector .6, vincent cd s6, esatern electric minimax, etc. .

such players are not warm or tube like. i have gone to ces and auditioned many cd players which utilize upsampling. they are not warm.

i agree with mrjstark. as for analog sound, since there are many arms, cartridges and tables, the term analog sound is somewhat ambiguous. it would be useful to describe what analog sound means.

Yeah, I should probably add IMO to my post.
And no Ckoffend, I won't recommend anything that would add nothing to what I've said.

At the end, it's in designer's hands to voice his/her gear in one way or the other.

I own both and just report what I hear with my inexperienced ears.

Mariusz

its really just coincidental, but the players i've kept the longest have not featured upsampling. buy a player you like, and try not to spend too much...it will still have the dna of a cd player.

I think you're totally right about using a good DAC, Mjcmt. It seems to be potentially the smartest way to go.