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EMMS Labs CDSA vs. AA Capitole Reference SE

I own an Audio Aero Capitole Reference SE. I have enjoyed this player since I have owned it. Support could have been better but the sound made up for that! I'm going to audition an EMMS Labs CDSA with the new German transport and most recent software, in the coming days. I am looking for comments as to what I should expect between the two units. Performance, quaility, which is better, strengths, weaknesses, ect. I know the bottom line is what I hear is what makes the difference. However, I value A'gon members and thier opinions and would like any comments that you may have! Thank you in advance for your responses ........
zenieth

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mikelavigne
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Zenieth,

i owned EMM Labs for years (have had the CDSA in my system) and did own an AA Capitol Mk2 back 'in the day'. the EMM Labs is going to be higher performance and if your system has a natural balance i would recommend the CDSA. it is less forgiving and tolerant of any recording that might tend to be a bit hard sounding.....and as dgad mentions it is particularly good at SACD.

i don't want to get off topic; but i might recommend thinking about getting a digital player with hirez server DAC capabilities if you are going to be making a change. it's possible that the latest CDSA has this capability but if it does i'm not familiar with that.
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