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CD Player: Vintage or modern ones?

I’ve been given a collection of classical and jazz CD’s, last time I had or played one was like 20 years ago with a humble Denon I bought saving for few months.

Now that I have a pretty good system, wondering if worth to get a good CD Player or find some “old glory”, but I’m totally lost.

The one that appeals to me is the Audis Flight FL Three S in black (must be black to match rest of my Italian system, ideally from that beautiful country), or the Goldnote CD-10, even some TEAC. Regarding more older units, I’m totally lost.

Any suggestion? Rest of the system is made by Diesis Audio (Speakers, Ampnand cables).

Thanks in Advance.

superelmar
superelmar OP
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thanks, got the Metronome AQWO 2.

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pindac
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@superelmar " thanks, got the Metronome AQWO 2. "

The idea of a discovery to be made of a Vintage CD Player suggests there is a limitation on a Budget.

The follow up support, directs to CDT, CDP's at approx' $3Kish as the maximum.

The Metronome AQWO 2 is seemingly a $18K device ? Wow! that was substantial jump to make. This should really give the CD Collection the Tool to enable them to show themselves at their very best. 

Are the Jazz and Classical CD's a collection of super rare productions that only a few are blessed with owning cheeky  

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superelmar OP
76 posts
 

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

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stievus
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@superelmar Great to see you've got yourself a Métronome. I couldn't be happier with mine, a DSS1. A hardly use my Pink Triangle Export GTI anymore, which is a quite decent turntable.​

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stereosanctity
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Hi there. I use a 30+ year old Meridian CD player. I love it! But it certainly has its quirks. It does not play CD-Rs (which sometimes I burn from Bandcamp downloads) and occasionally it refuses to read some CDs (usually ones from small, boutique labels). That said, it does play about 95% of the CDs I throw at it. Anything it doesn’t play I rip and add to my Roon library or I play in my second system that has an Oppo player.

I purchased the Meridian from the original owner and it came with original box/paperwork, etc.. The seller gave me a one year guaranteed and if I had problems they were willing to take it back. I’ve had it for over two years now. I love the industrial design of the Meridian and think of it as a fun, unique piece on my rack. It does have its quirks, but I’m willing to put up with them since I have other ways of playing music. My point basically being, if you want vintage, then go for something you really want because you enjoy the brand, the history and influence of the component. Perhaps its legacy. And make sure you feel confident with with who you’re buying from. If you want trouble free and want to know it’s going to play everything, then consider new.

As for SQ, I have my Meridian player running coax into my BorderPatrol DAC SE and am very happy with the sound. No complaints — it equals my Stack Audio Link II Roon endpoint going into the same DAC.

 

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[EDIT] Just read your comment about purchasing the Metronome AQWO 2+. Congrats and very nice! Disregard what I said above :)

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