Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it

Though I've not heard your Denon CDP, based on posted reviews this unit looks to be basically decent but compromised in the areas of cheap op amps in the analog stage, clock, and bridge rectifiers. You might have a chat with Reference Audio Mods or one of the other modifiers regarding upgrade options.

Mod the player no stock player will touch it for anywhere near the price. Of course that depends on what they are modding for 900. And by the way Thiels and tubes are a wonderful match.

Chuck

Indeed they are. I had an AES djh signature pre, which matched up nicely with the thiels. Of course, I couldn't stand prosperity, and traded it back to upscale audio for a Cary cinema 6, which I sold after I finally bit on an EAD Ovation +, which is proof that there is nothing o.o..o...obsessive about me!

I should also pitch in here.

Man you should really run away form this. I have a 10K tube CD player and have not used it in 6 months, I got an upgrade to my TT setup and spent almost 15 K there have 9k LP's Hybrid Mono blocks and tube preamp and phono stage. all the clicks and pops every cleanign session and effort is well worth it but STAY AWAY there is no end to this insanity.

I think that Michaeljbrown understand his peril. I re-entered analog the same way. Cramming CDs into a box and waiting for the sound to come out was not doing it for me. I picked up a few of the classics that I had enjoyed growing up at a local used bookstore, which justified my wife ordering me a new SL-1200 (a facsimile of what my late '70's-early'80's chums would have considered a nice deck) for $400 delivered a few Christmasses back. From there, I was bequeathed four or five peoples' collections spanning classical, jazz, and classic rock/pop. Next Christmas was the VPI 16.5 cleaning machine. Next came filling in my "must-haves" from eBay-- I've been about 85% satisfied with the results. Finally, the terminal stage has set in-- I acquired some of the classic decks of my youth and built whole systems around them. My wife can't complain because she started the whole cycle (this is important!), although I do hide a few decks... I haunt the four local thrift shops and two used record stores whose cashiers know me, and occasionally plop $30 or $40 down on a new audiophile release with two local dealers. I actually get off on a session of Orbitrac followed by VPI cleaning and play-testing, and have begun buying multiple copies of the same LP just so I can evaluate which one is the keeper-- or which one must endure the 2.7g conical force of my DL-103. I have a few excellent CD players, but have not listened to a CD in half a year and do not have one currently hooked up. My grade-school-age daughters are now understanding the anticipation of the "needle drop." I fear that I am about to splatter myself on the rocks of modern high-end. I also enjoy the hell out of music again.