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CD players with variable output/volume control

Hi - I am a single-source guy, and I want to run a CD player directly to my poweramp. I know there are some good units out there with volume controls on the remote, but I don't know of many. Here are the ones I know of:

Xindak Muse 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
Xindak SCD-2
AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000
Several Marantz units...

Any other moderately priced units out there? Am I crazy to want to do this? I hate preamps, especially when I only use them for the volume control...
spurzheim

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spurzheim OP
21 posts
 
Sorry - I must have been using the wrong search words or something, because I initially came up with very little. Now I can add these to the list:

Resolution Audio Opus 21
Cary CD-308 (Cary has several CD and DVD players w/variable out)
Quad 99 CDP
Sony 707ES
Linn Genki has two sets of variable outputs
APL 3910
spurzheim OP
21 posts
 
Oops - take the Xindak players (Muse 1.0, 2.0, 3.0) off the list, because the volume control only influences the headphone output. Apparently the SCD-2's volume control does influence the RCA and balanced outputs.

Sorry if I caused any conclusion, but the translated Chinese documentation is not exactly clear!
spurzheim OP
21 posts
 
add the "Theta Miles" to the list
spurzheim OP
21 posts
 
Some Chinese players to add to the list:

Kavent CD-831
Vincent CD-S6MK
Shanling CD-S100
spurzheim OP
21 posts
 
ShengYa CD-S10
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