RMAF 2008 - Your impressions,...

Cheif,

DeHavilland, I believe, had the Playback. The very best from digial was the Playback as it sounded very different than all the other CDP.

I brought one CD and played it on 15 different systems and it all sounded the some, like sh=t. Digital sucks big time.

High Water Sound was playing .50 cent records that blew away all the failing digital sources at the show.

Red Wine Audio with their 100% battery powered gear & powered TT was outstanding. It goes to show you that you don't need to spend 30K for a great system and don't need 35 speakers in each cabinet to sound great.

Robyatt Audio was hot with the Garrard 301 and inexpensive tube amps. Vinyl, boys and girls, is where the music is.

EP CS1 was cooking yet had digital for playback. Even so it was rewarding to hear. Much better than the CS2 speaker.

I think digital ruins a show such as RMAF but not so with the Playback. It made me think twice about digital but only for a second. Better than my Lector T3 by a long shot
Has onyone else head this player?

Tbg,

Yes the Triolons did sound better than last yr. They are now broken in is what I was told by the designer. I had my music played on the system and all I can say is you can hear everything on the CD with such clairity. You need a football feild to put them in.

I did hear the mono cart in the Robyatt room. For $900.00 the cart is a steal. Kool how he changed the two carts in 10 seconds.

I was shocked at how good the little $$$ systems sounded vs. the bigger more expensive systems.

Did you see/hear the ET speakers in room 1003? $65,000.00?

Wonderful,

CS1 is the big brother of the CS2 and beats the living snot out of the little guy.

Digital can make any system sound like Sh-t. =8^)

The Playback CDP was the only one that sounded good at RMAF IMHO.

Jim,

Why no TT in your room? Sounds Real Audio with digital sounds fake good. Your name would sound better with a TT set up.

Bless,

What system are you talking about "that is an exception"?

The Playback CDP just sounded different than the other players and that for the better.

If one is bringing in a new line of speakers, such as the EP CS1,then why would one run digital on them? The CS1 is ugly but it was one of the better sounding speakers in the show. It would have been nice to hear them with a TT set up. For the money and being SS, I must admit, it was a great sound for sure.

It was very enjoyable to go into rooms with a TT setup and get to hear the different TT, carts and arms being used. Heavenly sounds that made the show worth going to.

Step,

I have a Lector T3 and can live with it and it does have some exellent qualities about it.

The PD was my favorite CDP I heard at the show.

But they all pale when comparied to even a simple TT setup.
The Garrard TT smoked them all. When you consider the money one would spend on a Garrard 301 TT, TA and cart it would be less money or the same as one of these phoney sounding CDP would cost.

Garrard TT $4000.00
TA $2000.00
Cart $4000.00
RC $400.00

Big ass CDP $10,000.00/$15,000.00 EMM,Esoteric.