I listen to primarily classical music and in the last few years with great emphasis on Shostakovitch,Mahler, Bartok etc,
Recent cds are excellent.I have a number of cdp I am very happy with,I will order them in term of the lowest price first,Reimyo 777 excellent,Esoteric X-01 limited also very good,Meridian 800V4 very good,Accuphase 800/801 superb and finally Zanden 2000transport and 5000 signature DAC very very good.All of these provide excellent detail ,accurate instrument placement,each cd has slightly different timbre.By the way I did not find the EMM SE combo sound pleasing to my taste.However like Rcprince mentioned the speakers and the room makes a huge difference.I could never enjoy listening to the large scale symphonic music when I had electrostatic speakers,and even with The JM Lab Utopias the overall realism is somewhat lacking.
Recent cds are excellent.I have a number of cdp I am very happy with,I will order them in term of the lowest price first,Reimyo 777 excellent,Esoteric X-01 limited also very good,Meridian 800V4 very good,Accuphase 800/801 superb and finally Zanden 2000transport and 5000 signature DAC very very good.All of these provide excellent detail ,accurate instrument placement,each cd has slightly different timbre.By the way I did not find the EMM SE combo sound pleasing to my taste.However like Rcprince mentioned the speakers and the room makes a huge difference.I could never enjoy listening to the large scale symphonic music when I had electrostatic speakers,and even with The JM Lab Utopias the overall realism is somewhat lacking.