5+ years old $5k player vs. current $2k player


Hi,
Been thinking the above question: which one would be a better choice?

Price for these older players (e.g. Esoteric, Wadia, etc.) ends up being in similar price than recent vintages like Ayon, PS Audio, etc. And perhaps even the Oppo as a transport?

Did CD technology really improve significantly in the last few years such that these "cheaper" but newer players will out perform the older but top-line players?

Especially player like the PS Audio PWT, the concept is certainly new (for CD transport) & the theory does make sense...
hobieboyca

Showing 2 responses by levy03

for me...newer stuff. mainly due to changes in hi-res playback as well as pc audio.

btw....the psa pwt/pwd (and bridge) rock!
tubegroover...the psa pwd has phase inversion adjustment. as a side note, also has some interesting (to me at least) filters as well.