Cayin CD50-T Anybody audition or own this?

I have not, but the January edition of "The absoulte sound" has a small review on it along with the 88-T tube amp.

I own a cd-50T and heres what I think.

For acoustic music its pretty much unbeatable at the price. For rock music such as Rolling Stones etc - it probably lacks the speed / dynamic punch I like down low (think NAIM).

However, when you hear something like Joni Mitchell or Diana Krall through this player all will be forgiven beleive me.

So for the hard rock fans - I'd probably go elsewhere, and for anyone else I cant think of anything better at the price.

In comparison my opinion is that IT EATS AN aRCAM CD73t, Cambridge 640c, and nad C542 for anything but hard rock which it does at a similar standard.

Conclusion: at the price it has no competition - mind you its not as good as a Mcintosh CD/SACD either (although the build quality is comparable.

cheers

Thrusty and Invincible, thanks for your input!

Vlad.

I auditioned one at the Vacuum Tube Valley show last May in NJ. The Cayin distributer A/B'd it with the Cayin SACD (2CH) player, and I thought the CD-50T was noticeably warmer. I was impressed, although I did not listen long enough to give you an informed opinion.