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Musical fidelity A5.5 Vs Arcam CD 37

Hi,

I am thinking of moving to a dedicated CD player, I am using now a Denon 3930 for DVD, CD, SACD, …
Regardless the features of these 2 players, how do you describe the sound differences between them? And what can I get more than I have now with Denon?
I don’t have the possibility to listen the MF only the Arcam so your opinions will be very helpful.

TIA
Costa
jcosta
jcosta OP
6 posts
 
Now that I have the MF A5.5 for a week and a half, I have another question. How many hours to break-in this CDP?

My estimate is that it has now about 80 hours playing, can I expect more changes in the sound?
hens
173 posts
 
If it's like the A5, I shouldn't expect much change after about 100 hours. Are you not happy with the sound so far?
jcosta OP
6 posts
 
I believe that the big changes in the sound were in the first 40 or 50 hours. Didn’t notice sound changes after that.

The problem was the noise, the sound was grainy and harsh, but now finally is OK. What remove the noise were the Herbie’s Audio ultrasonic tube dumpers. The noise was from the tubes and those tube dumpers made a great improvement.
reb1208
518 posts
 
I advise you clean the tube pins on those stock Phillips 6922/6DJ8 tubes. I had an A1008 cd player for a short time, so trust me on this. Better yet, replace those tubes with your favorite NOS.
jcosta OP
6 posts
 
The tubes that came with my CDP were Electro Harmonix 6922, not Philips.
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