Music Hall cd25.2 player. Average? or Upgrade?

Depends on your taste, I happen to like the superb clarity and detail which many sub $1,000 CDP lack. To me its an audiophiles CDP a giant killer. If you want a polite laidback sound look eleswhere, the English sound can be bought for that money.

Check into the underwoodhifi/parts connexion upgrade, you won't get a better sounding player for the same money.

I hope that someone with more experience than myself replies,I find myself in the same situation.I've got it down to the Ah!,Jolida 100a,and the MH.

I don't have any experience with the newer version but did own the CD25 for a couple of years and thought it was very, very good, better than anything else I tried in that price range. One of the advantages is the easy upgrade path from places like Underwood HiFi. I replaced just the opamps in mine and the improvement was remarkable.

You can get a Cayin 15 from New York sound for like $800 includes shipping. Nice player.