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| Opinions on McIntosh CD Players? See my review on the MCD 205 in a thread in this section from a few weeks ago. I think the sound of MAC cd players is very good. IMHO Mac digital products favor coherence over articulation, and produce a very non-fatiguing, effortless sound that i... | |
| Single box CD players with NO oversampling? There have been previous threads about the distinction between upsampling and oversampling. I think if you stick to players that claim ONLY oversampling, and not upsampling, you will have dramatically narrowed the field to the kinds of players you... | |
| Has anyone tried the new McIntosh CD changer? That digital-out problem is great to know in case someone is planning to use this player with a DAC. The player has both coaxial and toslink digital outs. I suspect for people really looking for ultimate digital playback, they will want to use thi... | |
| Perpetual Tech Dac vs DCS or Wadia Dacs This seemed like a good spot to ask this question. Is Arcam successful in adopting some of the dcs magic by using their ring dac technology in their new 23 cd player? | |
| Big Difference With New Source? In my expereince, the source and the speakers are the two components that will most dramatically change the sound of a system. Amps and preamps will change the sound as well but I think to a far lesser degree unless huge money is spent. Choose car... | |
| McIntosh MA6500 Integrated amp If you do a search in the Audiogon forum section for "mcintosh" you will find a thread that appeared a few months ago that asks: "has anyone compared the two mcintosh integrateds". In that thread there is personal responses about both of them. I h... | |
| cd player with volume control - under 500 I think one of the best players to use in this siutaiton is the California audiolabs CL-15. They do not make this player anymore but I saw one posted here recently for $750. This player has an actual volume control for just the purpose you want to... | |
| Has anyone tried the new McIntosh CD changer? I have had my player burning in now for about 200 hours. Here it goes:Goooood music. One word that comes to mind: "coherent". All the music I am hearing is being played in the proper proportions and is completely palatable. Smooth, deep base. Lots... | |
| Upsampling put to "THE TEST": R U ready 2 take it? The link below will connect you to an article on exactly this topic from hi-fi news and record review. It is informative.....at the very least.......nice experiment btw. http://www.aslgroup.com/dcs/upandover.htm | |
| Upsampling the way to go? ? The link below will connect you to an article on exactly this topic from hi-fi news and record review. It is informative.....at the very least....... http://www.aslgroup.com/dcs/upandover.htm | |
| Has anyone tried the new McIntosh CD changer? I recently purchased the 205 changer. It is not fully burned in yet -- I've got about 72 hours on it. So far the sound is very smooth. Plenty of bass, lots of midrange, and appealing, though not bright, highs. One of the more coherent presentation... | |
| Used Cary or Used Meridian Ideally, you would be able to listen to what you were considering buying. If you can't listen, you will have to go with verbal rec's only which is always risky. Both have great reputations and either could serve you well. This is probably less tha... | |
| Meridian CD Players I would also be interested in hearing comparisons between the 506.24 and 508.24 as well as the 506.20 and 508.20 -- | |
| Cheap Sony SACD players: best STOCK/MODified I own the 333 stock. It is a very nice player for redbooks and just excellent on SACD's. I spoke to Mr. Kern who told me, in his opinion, that a modded 333 (about $850 in mods) will sound atleast as good as most $2000 stock players.One point that ... | |
| Meridian CD Players 508.24 is one of the better straight 24 bit players I have ever heard. |