First, I own the Cary 303/200 and about 90% of my library is rock 'n roll. Trust me, the Cary TOTALLY rocks and I've never noticed anything "slow" about it. The Jupiter is also good, but it is less detailed than the Cary. I guess it depends on your taste. As for the EMC-1, it sounds OK, although I'm not thrilled about the transport - you have to physically attach the clamp magnet to the disc and then close the drawer. Also, I believe the EMC-1 has fixed/permanent 192 upsampling, which means you can't turn it off if it's either too detailed or if the sound is too compressed. You CAN turn off upsampling with the Cary.
This is something I've noticed about upsampling, at least to my ears. On older discs or even older stuff that's been remastered, the upsampling gives a nice boost - after all, a lot of the older stuff was originally recorded on less than desireable equipment. OTH, upsampling makes new recordings sound too compressed and they seem to lose a lot of the "air" and three-dimensionality.
I'd go with the Cary. You will not be disappointed.
This is something I've noticed about upsampling, at least to my ears. On older discs or even older stuff that's been remastered, the upsampling gives a nice boost - after all, a lot of the older stuff was originally recorded on less than desireable equipment. OTH, upsampling makes new recordings sound too compressed and they seem to lose a lot of the "air" and three-dimensionality.
I'd go with the Cary. You will not be disappointed.