Luxman-McIntosh CD Players

The McIntosh is a big pile of you know what.....but hey, they don't do digital....I think the internals are all from Denon or Pioneer....it was easily trounced by so many players half its price.....it's a dumpster piece if i ever heard one....

HI Bob, quite a few.....I should have given a better description of what I heard, sorry for that.
What I did hear truly amazed me.... The MDC500 basically robs the music of any life. Every time we listened, everyone sat there, and then when we'd switch to another unit, such as a Naim or Rega or Resolution Audio, everyone started tapping their foot and smiling again. I was truly surprised, and then started to put two and two together, since Mcintosh has not done any digital development of their own, just sticking in some others and putting their name on it. A horrible player musically, looks are fine if you like that sort of thing.

Correction. I am not blasting Mcintosh.
I am blasting the Mcintosh cd player I heard. It was boring. The guy's tuner was more musical. Very true, we each have different tastes, but that box cannot convey a musical moment, I don't care who's room or system it is in.
Best to you .

Sorry. Didn't mean to post anything even close to an absolute. The OP asked for opinions. I would love to listen with those of you who like this player. Maybe someday some teletransporter can achieve that. Until then, enjoy without me.

Thanks for posting. That was my point. The OP wanted opinions. No egos or other opinions were meant to be sullied. My friend had one, we compared it in different systems, rooms, against less expensive players such as Naim cd5 and Rega Apollo, and everyone chose those over the mc, in a heartbeat. Just wanted to give the OP a heads up. Haven't heard the Luxman.
Moot point now, OP bought Luxman.