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Experience with Unison Research Unico CD player .

I have a Unison Research Unico CD player with valve output stage . My other components are ARC LS27 / Ref 150 and Wilson Audio Sophia 2's . My analogue front end is VPI TNT with Clearaudio tonearm and Benz Micro cartridge . Pre to power interconnects are Harmonic Tech MagicLink 2's and speaker cables are Harmonic Tech Pro 9 SE's . Interconnect between the CD player and the LS27 is .5 metre Cardas Golden Ref ( balanced ) . Both the LS27 & Ref 150 are still going through break in ( my prior amps were LS17 & VTM220 monoblocks ) . With the electronics upgrade I'm finding that the CD player sounds great on jazz and vocals but with rock music the bottom end is decidedly lacking in tightness and definition, ' overly polite ' is probably the best way I could describe it . I have heard that Cardas cables can sound very mellow and I'm wondering if anybody has experiences with what cables work well with this CD player . I don't want to swap my Cd player for something else if I can help it as I mainly use it when I am in ' casual listening ' mode and use my vinyl front end for serious listening . Any comments would be welcome and also any experiences with good CD players under $3K or so ... I am restricted to front loading as my CD player is on a middle shelf ... Many Thanks !
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mechans
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To answer the Cardas question yes they are mellow, especially the Golden Refs. Why not sub another IC if you one) and see if they sound better.
For 12AU7s with good definition you want German (RFTs included) if going with NOS . I also love the 7316s for imaging and crystalline top end, but they are expensive.
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