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Early Classe CDP timeline ??

Hello,

I like my CDP.3, and am thinking about an upgrade. I like the Classe sound, so am thinking about moving within the early Classe.

Can anyone provide some timeline on how the early Classe fit in? In particular the CDP line .3 .5 1 1.5 10 and finally CD/DVD1. I want to know which are improvements over a prior line or within a series. I also gather that Classe was taken over, so insight into quality of pre vs post takeover also useful (and which of the above fit into the pre and post category if relevant).

Thanks -- Roger
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I had a CDP-10 for many years and really liked the sound. But I moved on. Their has been, in my mind, significant improvement in DACs since the CDP-10 days. The Classe sound is a very polished, rich sound versus some of the more modern very detailed, sometimes thin sounding DACs and players of today. But their are also new DACs with detail but plenty of richness. I have moved on to computer audio, so don't really have any recommendations on new CD players, but if you go that route a S/PDIF input is a good option to have if you want to go the PC route.

I am pretty sure they all had S/PDIF outputs, including the .3. That would allow you to use it as a transport with a new DAC.

The 10 came out about 2002/2003 and the 1.5 in about 1996. You can probably get all the data from the support website, which has manuals for all the models

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