Lector CDP 7 Mk I, II or III ?


I plan to part with my second system Ayre gear to refinance a purchase for the main system and am considering to retain only the Yamamoto headphones with another good cdp. And so I came accross Lector, unknown on the local market and thus even more interesting.

Now, I did a search on Agon and found several people specifically advising the CDP 7 Mk I, clearly prefering it over the later versions.

Is the original Lector CDP 7 sonically better? Any specific reason for that?

Thanks in advance
Karel
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Showing 1 response by audioman58

I know of no cd player under $10k that is more natural sounding and involving , sure there are some players better in one area or another the Esoteric 03-SE comes to mind, or the new Cary pro, or Mcintosh. To buy the Lector MK-3 is a solid all around performer and at it's price under $5k a superb bargain ,with the upgrade from the BB-pcm63 dacs which are classic 20 bit to the 24 bit -BB pcm 1704 dac chipset it is just a little more accurate with better resolution. p.s whoever said there is no service for Lector products
does not know squat. there are over 6 repair facilitys in the U.S alone I have owned mine for a year with no problems at all , also Vintage tubes take this player to another level !