I placed an order for the CD1 and then it was delayed because of the demand and got the CD1R instead.
I was worried about the review but my NHT 3.3's which go down to ~23hz didn't miss a thing and it is an extremely musical player with excellent pace.
Yeah the Absolute sound pictures are ugly.. mine is all silver (no Gold) with a green display versus the red.. The only disappointing thing is that the remote sucks.. kinda like a Cal Labs remote.. you can't find play or track skip by feel... but it does have remote eject.. minor since I use a pronto instead.
I also considered 508.24, Wadia 301, 860, etc. Sony SACD 777
I was worried about the review but my NHT 3.3's which go down to ~23hz didn't miss a thing and it is an extremely musical player with excellent pace.
Yeah the Absolute sound pictures are ugly.. mine is all silver (no Gold) with a green display versus the red.. The only disappointing thing is that the remote sucks.. kinda like a Cal Labs remote.. you can't find play or track skip by feel... but it does have remote eject.. minor since I use a pronto instead.
I also considered 508.24, Wadia 301, 860, etc. Sony SACD 777