Check out Cary 308T with mullard tubes, end of story -- the tubed gain softens the digital. |
Parasound CDP-200 Ultra meant in above post! |
You cannot go wrong with the unit,,its detailed yet velvet smooth. Best my humble ears have heard! |
Thanks guys , your comments have been most helpfull, i have a musical fidelity x-10d that i used on a cheaper player before i got the a324 dac /transport combo,it does smooth the sound at the expense of some lost detail, i will look at mains conditioning ,the audioquest digital cable is apparently a true 75ohm digital cable, maybe pure silver cables might be worth a try as well.
Cheers.
Phill
Perth. Western Australia. |
Taddeo Digital Antidote might be worth a try, it gets rid of digital nasties but its effect is system dependent. TG |
Jayctoy, you need to read this:
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue12/sacd.htm
I'm using a $130 Liteon DVDROM for a transport. |
Can't be done in my opinion. Digital, even SACD, will always sound...digital...because that's what it is. The digital to analog conversion waveform will always be an approximation of the real deal. It's like a digital photograph of a real object, no matter how could the picture, it will always be just a picture. |
4-30-04 FAUST
You might try musical fidelity X-10D between your
player and preamp, Less than 200.00 with a huge analog
sound.I beleive they use 6922 tubes to buffer the cd
player. |
Hi Phil,
I have a Marantz Heart 6000, and invested in a very good pair of Mullard tubes. This is as good and sometimes better than my Planar 3/Clearaudio Aurum Beta combo. Smooth, spacious and dynamic. Does it for me anyway...(:
Good luck,
Mike
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Just go find a nice SACD player,and buy excellent
good recording.I ve read this many times,expert
said this is the closest to vynil, I think even
Michael Fremmer mentioned that,SACD is as good as
vynil, minus the deficiency of the LPs. |
Few things to check before replacing components:
1.) Digital cable - is it a true digital cable or a 75 ohm video cable? If the cable is directional, did you align the directions correctly (arrow should point towards the DAC)
2.) Power cables - bad power cables lets in noise and causes jitter which in turn cause bright and edgy sound. Are you using a good power cable, other than the stock ones, on the DAC and CD player?
3.) Power conditioning - using any? A low price Monster HTS-2000 or HTS-2500 helps to lower noise, bring out midrange fullnes and reduce edginess.
Hope it helps.
Aaron |
Ever heard of belt drive transports? |
Another vote for Audio Note DACs. Even their lower-priced models have an unforced ease and naturalness to the sound that is quite reminiscent of good vinyl. |
Mlauner: Everytime I have heard Naim gear I have been incredibly impressed. But I would be interested to know exactly what turntables the Naim CD player rivaled. I still have not heard any CD player that matches a top-notch LP setup except on the issue of noise.
John |
The no oversampling Audio Note is so right. It is smooth and dynamic. |
I've heard several comments lately that the Meridian G08 is very vinyl like. Also consider an Audio Note DAC. I bought mine used from a vinyl guy who said it was the first digital that reminded him of vinyl. He was upgrading up the line. |
Try a Muse Model Two Plus DAC and Model Five transport. This'll get you there! |
the following is a list of cd players that {to me} sound close to vinyl...mcintosh mcd205, roksan caspian, both sonateer models, talk model 1. there are also older models by sonic frontiers and proceed that stand up to this day as great source components. none of these cd players are cheap, but none is grossly overpriced either. they all have that ability to make even the most poorly mastered cd listenable. |
try naim cd player excellent sound rivaling turntables |
