looking for good detailed and warm player

i owned a raysonic player. it resolves well but is not warm. it reminds me of many other 24/192 players. i swapped out tubes. it didn't help.

i am looking for a warm sounding player myself. i am considering the amr 77 and possibly the audio research cd7.

you can't have both. by definition, warmth is a subtractive, meaning a loss in detail.

there is a balance between some loss in detail and the presence of warmth. the listener must decide what an ideal mix is.

in my opinion all 24 bit players have enough detail. thus, i would try to find a player as warm as possible.

consider audio research cd7 or amr 77.

neutral and warmth are mot the same. thus, if a stereo system is considered "neutral" it is not considered "warm". if a stereo system is considered "warm" it is not considered "neutral". thus if neutral is a term denoting no coloration and warm is not neutral, it follows that warm is a coloration.

warm is used to indicate an emphasis upon a certain aspect of frequency response. if a cd is warm it doesn't mean the stereo system is warm. not all cds are warm, so that if the stereo system is warm all the times, it is a coloration.

if one cd is warm and another is not , the one that is not will probably sound more resolving of musical information.