Although I love my vinyl,I wanted to experience music I could no longer purchase unless it was on cd.I wanted a unit that could hold up over the years,was built well,sounded very good,and had a good pedigree.I bought a Levinson 390s and am extremely happy with it.Don't care about sacd,If I want to overdose on quality sound I just play my lp's. |
At home, I play records almost exclusively. On occasion, I use a 6 year old Arcam CD72 and have plans to upgrade in about ten - fifteen years. At work in my office, I have a Sony Discman / Tivoli radio combo. |
Audio Aero Capitole MkII. The only piece in my system that I have no desire to upgrade or change. It is that good, period! |
Shanling T-200 with full on "Tube Research Labs" mods. Fantastic player in a one box solution... Hard to beat for anything under $15K |
TEAC T1 transport and Apogee DA-1000E-20 DAC. I've added an isolation transformer and I'm experimenting with digital interconnects, but these two sound terrific with nothing better than an Apogee Wyde Eye. |
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EMM Labs CDSD (transport) and DCC2 (DAC). |
Altis CDT III and Pro Reference DAC 24bit 4 tube high output |
The Gamut CD1. It gets very little use. |
Linn Ikemi, I purchased it based on it's analog sound or non-digital sound. All though I would like to get a universal player that sounds as good on redbook the only one I have heard that comes close is the Escoteric DV50 in full upsample mode. |
That was a Simaudio Moon Nova:) |
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Currently the RA Opus 21 in my main system which was built around my Walker Proscenium Gold turntable. |
I am really happy with this purchase, and don't plan to upgrade. Very dynamic, everything digital should be. |
Ack dAck! 1.0. Replaced a $6000 DAC. Smooth, warm and open. As close to vinyl as I've heard digital sound. |
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Sony XA-9000ES and Apple iPod 40G. |
Sony XA-777ES (SACD/CD player) and Toshiba 3950 with Ack dAck! The mildly modded 3950 with Ack dAck! is my preferred setup for Redbook discs, believe it or not. |
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EVS DAC and Marantz cc43 transport. Doesn't sound like vinyl, but it sounds like pretty resolving redbook. Good enough to not worry about upgrades. I juat wanted something competent and as high-end as I could get for minimal money invested. About $450 altogether including digital interconnect and power cord. Not bad.
Looks like Peterb has a nice setup. Congrats. The Audiomeca are supposed to be very analog sounding. I've heard the $2k Obsession CD player and liked it a lot.
Aaron |
I don't have any digital rig.
I listen to digital in the car, or in my fiancee's home theater system.
When I want to sit down and really do some serious listening(which is the only time that I turn my sytem on), I play vinyl only. |
Entec Number Cruncher v3.0 with G&D UTP-1 transport--modified by TG Audio and voiced using Rockport turntable as reference. |
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Audiomeca Mephisto IIX transport + Enkianthus X dac |
I use a Resolution Audio Opus 21, as does my friend.
(So count that as two votes!) |
Sonic Frontiers SFT-1 trans & SFD-2 II D/A |
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