CD Player: Vintage or modern ones?

You’re possibly be right both of You, the other options is a Lascala MKII DAC and enjoy streaming.

Yeah, I do have Aqua La Scala MKII, superb one, (don’t kill me USB from my MacBook Pro, will add LinQ in future) but all the hassle bout CD sounds superior… maybe I should save and get Aqua La Diva or start with a  CD6007 from Marantz and see what happens…

I used to like thick and warm, lately I’m looking for a balanced, nice punch but airy, realistic and natural, musical one, letting the Diesis Ludos shine, already got a Class A hybrid Amp from them with good body and naturalness, also the R2R La Scala MKII (also with couple of small tubes).

Tastes: Jazz, Bossanova, Soul, Funk, Flamenco, Folk, Classical and Reggae, and when in the mood classic 60/70’s rock.

Thanks for recommendations, gonna have a look!

PS: what is the benefit nowadays using CD’s instead of a nice DAC/Streamer combo?

Thanks for the recommendation, at the end I want the most analog sound coming from digital source!

Thanks eagle, wise tip.

So interesting… I think would be the only way I’d listen to an entire album, streaming as comfy and good it is, makes me nervous changing song from one album to another, maybe just get a transport for my Aqua La Scala? Would be this option better than just get a 1000-4000€ cd player?

After some serious consideration, and listen what a good CD player can do with my speakers and amp, and also embracing how comfy had been streaming for my wife and me over the last two years, and more recently using our Voxativ Zeth Absolut system, I gave to my dealer a good bunch of stuff including the TT, to trade it for a metronome aqwo 2+ with tube module. I’m done with this, now I have a nice collection of Vinyls to sell and put the money into our savings for our new home.

Thank You all, I’m seriously done with gear at least for the next decade.

PS: Cannot still believe how close in emotion and warm is the Metronome to my old Kuzma Stabi R.

gave to the dealer a bunch of stuff, now just keeping the voxativ and diesis system.

thanks, got the Metronome AQWO 2.