what do you play your CD’s on...?
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Topic: what do you play your CD’s on...?
Posted By: mystic fred
Subject: what do you play your CD’s on...?
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 17:42
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after years of searching for my ideal prog sound, here are my favourite cd players and i can highly recommend them....!
top-loading machine,vibrant, punchy sound, loads of detail, very tight bass, good stereo imagery, though has a slightly restricted sound stage. handles most types of music, though excels on acoustic guitars and drums.
front-loading,excellent all-rounder, tight bass, astonishing detail and imagery, spacious, wide sound stage, excellent detail. handles busy recordings well.my model has trichord clock 2. used with JVC A-X2 class "A" amplifier and HEYBROOK HB2 speakers.
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SONY CDP-X3000ES
MARANTX CD6000 OSEReplies:
Posted By: tdreamer
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 17:48
| I listen on a Sony SACD player it's OK and only cost 300 quid. I also have 2 CD Audio recorders one a philips and the other a Sony. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 18:08
LG Drive, Athlon 64 3000+, 1GB RAM, 2x80GB + 250GB harddisks, Creative X-Fi soundcard, Logitech X-230 5.1 speakers. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 18:55
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i bet your set-up is easier to move round than mine, mike! ------------- Prog Archives Tour Van
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MikeEnRegalia wrote:Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 19:02
Actually ... not really. There's a 32 inch LCD TV attached to it! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 00:28
wow  nicesaving my $$ for the x-fi and an AMD fx60 its gonna cost me  |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 04:06
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Snap! A wonderful machine  ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 05:43
Sony is not that musical, Marantz is better but suffers of coloured sound. Here are the players i recommend in the same price range: (or maybe more expensive  )
-Naim CD 5: the smallest Naim player, already good. Very musical, much matter makes it sounds analog, soft highs and good dynamic. Perfect for rock and so prog. Features an original steel drawer, contrary to most plastic drawers. 
Arcam CD33, the biggest of the brand, wide freq and very neutral. 
To go further: Linn Ikemi 
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 05:50
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Other affordable brands/integrated players of interest:
Nad, Rega, Rotel, Creek... 
Here's my digital set up: Drive Sonic Fontiers STF1:  (Mine is black and silver)
Converter Goldmund Mimesis 14 
Nordost digital cable 
Any serious digital setup is separate drive/converter! BTW, i'd like to upgrade my Goldmund converter to a Brinkmann Zenith III
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 08:45
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This does the job just as nicely:
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 09:20
Put it there:
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 10:37
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Wait, I forgot that one (almost as important):
Look, it even has gold connectors! Read all about the X-Fi here: http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q4/soundblaster-x-fi/index.x?pg=1 - http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q4/soundblaster-x-fi/index .x?pg=1 and if you don't want to read the whole 22 page review, here's the conclusion: http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q4/soundblaster-x-fi/index.x?pg=22 - http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q4/soundblaster-x-fi/index .x?pg=22
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 11:16
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Everything which is bright is not gold!
It looks like Gold, but believe me, it's not 5 layers gold WBT interconnect: 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 12:38
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So only 5 layers of gold sound acceptable? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 12:53
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3 layers is already very good. Be aware that WBT are the absolute best connectic ever. The quality of gold is important also.
Silver is excellent also. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 13:23
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It's off-topic, but ... silver actually has a much better conductivity than gold. Gold has better resistance to corrosion, so silver is usually used for the wire itself, and gold for the connectors. But unless you connect-disconnect the cables daily or hourly, there is absolutely no difference between a gold-plated connector with 1 layer or with 100 layers. BTW: The conductivity of gold is even worse than copper, so in theory a copper connector in good condition will sound better than any gold connector. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 14:37
...now now, boys...behave!!!! ------------- Prog Archives Tour Van
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 14:40
^Agreed ... there are already threads about cables, Computer vs. CD Player etc. etc.. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 16:51
Unique multi-layer plating process with a final plating of 24k gold Jewel-like, multi-layer gold plating prevents corrosion and indeed, the absolute best RCA WBT connectics are in silver, you're right. This is a new revolutionary RCA design ("Nextgen") with only a few contact points (it's like a wire) instead of full contact on the former generation: Nextgen (this is silver) 
(That's what i put on my amp and yes it's better!) Former generation with full contact: 
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Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: April 27 2006 at 02:53
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Rotel RCD 990 cd player. |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: April 27 2006 at 03:30
| Yes, it's not bad. Well neutral and little more efficient on technical criteria than an entry level Nad player. |
Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: April 27 2006 at 22:38
| I use Sony too.......... SONY IS A SONY, no more words !! |