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CD players,Electrocompaniet EMC-1 or YBA

I was hoping there might be someone out there that has done a side by side comparison of these 2 CD players. My system is almost finished I have ALeph 2 mono, Aleph P pre, a set of speakers built hand made by a company in Phoenix(Speaker ECT.) Now I need a source. I was think about an YBA CD2 or CD1, but I have been told this Electrocompaniet EMC-1 is awesome. Can anyone give me the run down.
briweve
audioph169
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I own the YBA CD3. It is very good. I tried the EMC-1 and it is also very good. They are different sounds. The YBA is more laid back and does not jump out at you. The EMC had a wider soundstage. I have learned that some components sound great with some things and like crap with other things. I think if I had it to do over I would go for the EMC. I like the wide soundstage and most everything else was as good as the YBA. They are both great for the money.
glide3
402 posts
 
No experience with the YBA gear but I owned the EMC-1 and it is very good, very musical for CD. (I tried a lot of players in it's price range and it was the best..IMO) I upgraded to the 47labs flatfish and progression dac, which if you can swing the price, is the best I have heard... period.
sean
6,231 posts
 
While i've had very little experience with the EMC-1, what i did hear was VERY impressive. At that price level though, you might want to check into a Marantz SA-1 if you can find a really good deal on it. It is supposedly much better at "red book" cd's than the equivalent Sony models are and will also give you the versatility to try out a few SACD's should you succumb to the whim. Just a thought. Sean >
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