I have never heard the CD2 but I owned the CD1. I did not think it was a good player at all, but I thought it was a fantastice transport. i used it with a meitner outboard dac and a Stan Warren modified Monarchy 22b dac. The unit as a player is thin, harshc and compressed (to my ears) but when used as a transport with the right dac, it is superb. Mike
