Best sounding HDCD player??

I know my choices are limited.Just wondering what units stand out.My budget is about $5000.00.I'm currently using a Sonic Frontiers CD-1...

spaz11-03-2008 1:56am

spaz OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 105 posts 11-05-2008 at 01:32am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I always thought my Sonic Frontiers was a little lean in the bass .It's what I think is missing in my system.For the most part the SF cd-1 sound is very nice and never fatiging,and thats important to me.If it only had more weight in the bass.
tvad Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,467 posts 11-05-2008 at 05:46am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The APL Denon 3910 decodes HDCD and sounds exceptional. Used machines are selling for near give-away prices. If the Denon laser assembly reads discs OK, then there should be no other service issues with an APL Denon player...
kiwi_1282001 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 310 posts 11-10-2008 at 12:05pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete IMHO Cary's latest; the 306 SACD professional is about as good as HDCD gets.
teddy_bear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 112 posts 11-10-2008 at 09:00pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete 306P cost 8kUSD, there is a CDP from HDCD inventor which is IMHO "little" better
fplanner2000 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 616 posts 11-10-2008 at 10:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I"ll 2nd the APL Denon 3910 - a great player and currently artificially inexpensive on Agon. Hard, if not impossible, to beat under $10K