There you have it. How a piece of equipment sounds depends on a lot, including accompanying gear, room and ears. One person's "neutral" can be another person's "uninvolving".
The Cambridge frequency response is almost dead flat - measures favorably compared to players costing much more (see HiFi World multi player review from late 2005 or 2006). Better gear will extract musical detail and nuance from the Cambridge that from experience comes off as glare on lesser amps and speakers. I found the RCD-1072 to sound a bit anticeptic and dry by comparison, YMMV.
Astor212, any chance to listen to copies of these players to determine for self?
