@clearthinker yes the Wadia 16 had 1702 DAC chips every player that I owned or listened to with 1702 had a hardness and almost brightness to the top end. I picked a Wadia six because it had k63 DAC chips the Wadia 15 I believe had those chips as well if I remember correctly. To bad you never owned a player with the Ulta analog DAC chips in it.
Remember you cannot judge q whole label by one recording either.
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@clearthinker what was your cd player at the time? |
Plus one for ma recording s they are phenomenal! I would also give the jvcd xrcd and xrcd 11 a really high recommendation. Yes they play in any red book CDs. Xrcd was about the process of recording the cd. Mfsl are ok better than most regular CDs but in my opinion don't come close to the three former labels I talked about. I have a large group of the audiofile CDs I loved buying them. It slips my mind but the label that recorded Sara k I'd really good as well. In actual fact I would say of the ones I have I believe as a group I like the ma recording s the very best. They are stunning and in a tip of the line redbook cd player they are the most fluid sounding vinal type sound that I have found on CD. On other types of music country to be exact I have always liked rounder recordings. Also a stupid thing I did and was quite success with was buying CDs that were packaged in a cardboard cover somewhat like a lot jacket. Generally speaking I managed to stay away from awful recordings that way. If you are looking around a used CD store I find any packages like that are far more likely to be half decent than the ones packed in the jeweled case.
The higher the CD player was up the food chain the even better the reference cd recording s sound. A fuild dynamic tonally correct recording is even better on a top end player compared to a simmer player. I have owned a number of players over the years and bright CDs sound very bright on basic bright players but the sonic purity really shows with a top of the line player and recording mated together. Sheffield sound labs is another good label. Cheskey records is another great label. That is the one I was thinking of earlier that Sarah k recorded on. I have .any of that labels recording s.
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@clearthinker then again I .ight be right I never received payment for my reviews as was a common practice around the audio rags. I never had to be validated by some anthers ideas. The 850 and 860 in my opinion were never as good as the press made them out to be either.
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