Krell CD player replacement

@knight7m 

As far as I know the Krell KPS 20I used a Philips CDM9 Pro transport. Those were quite robust actually. I assume you’ve done the simple stuff like cleaning the laser lens.

A company called Enco Systems bought out the remaining supply of new factory stock CD Pros when Philips discontinued it. A couple years back Enco was asking $500 for a new one, now it’s $999, but yes, new units are available. I think Krell made a custom spindle so it may not be a drop-in replacement, however.

That Krell player was a beautiful piece of kit that deserves to be restored. Good luck! And if you decide to get rid of it anyway, I’ll take it off your hands 🙂

I use a cheap used OPPO as a transport ($150) and the following to paly SACD’s and CDs.

GeerFab Audio - GeerFab

The SACD ’s are played as native DSD. You need a DAC that supports this, my old Benchmark DAC3B supported it. The CD’s are played as PCM.

I compare this to my now dead modded Sony SCD-1 SACD player which was one of the best ever made. The D.BOB can hang with the Sony. Both have things they were better at. Though I think a better DAC on the D.BOB would have helped.

I've alway thought the Luxman players were wrong the very best.  

@yyzsantabarbara How cool is that?  I didn't know such a device existed.  Thanks!

T+A makes good CD players, have a great reputation for reliability and service. I’ve heard the T plus A in a system and the system sounded great but I have not done one to one comparison with other CD players