I think that you have a number of really good choices in your price range, depending on your listening preferences. The Rega Planet is the no brainer at the price. Build quality is excellent and so is the sound. If you move upmarket later, it is a fine transport. The Rotel 971 is a really nice player that punches way above its weight as well. They are just starting to come down to this price range. The Music Hall, mentioned above is super, but you will have to kick in some extra scratch or get lucky on price, though, in summer, a lot of stuff just doesn't move and prices become, shall we say....fluid.
Please help for performance with low cash......
For reasons beyond my control I am for lack of better word "poor" and I want to get the best CD play as possible for the money.....$300 or less. As I see it I have a few options but need to know the best one from you more experienced folks.
1) I could buy a used higher quality DVD/CD or a stand alone CD player (wich is another box on the rack and WAF ISSUES) and ALSO be at the mercy of an aged unit.
2) I could have my Samsung HD841 moddified, but the price goes from $150.00 to upwards of 1k and I am not sure exactly who does the best mod's, or how well the mods will perform when done.
3) I can buy a DAC and use my Rotel Processor feature wich will allow a 2 channel bypass of everything except the volume control.
I would like to know what opinions you have on best choice out of these options, the only other idea I have is to do a DIY upgrade to the Sammy's power supply, and dampen it a bit (wich is only a partial mod that I could do myself) and use an external DAC on top of it.
I know none of these options are gonna be the best performance out there, but what out of these is the BEST option I have being in my position?
thaks again for helping me out..Chad
1) I could buy a used higher quality DVD/CD or a stand alone CD player (wich is another box on the rack and WAF ISSUES) and ALSO be at the mercy of an aged unit.
2) I could have my Samsung HD841 moddified, but the price goes from $150.00 to upwards of 1k and I am not sure exactly who does the best mod's, or how well the mods will perform when done.
3) I can buy a DAC and use my Rotel Processor feature wich will allow a 2 channel bypass of everything except the volume control.
I would like to know what opinions you have on best choice out of these options, the only other idea I have is to do a DIY upgrade to the Sammy's power supply, and dampen it a bit (wich is only a partial mod that I could do myself) and use an external DAC on top of it.
I know none of these options are gonna be the best performance out there, but what out of these is the BEST option I have being in my position?
thaks again for helping me out..Chad
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