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Sony Xa5400 ES vs Cary CD 500 demo

Close enough in price to consider either.
Match with Cary SLI-80 F1 and Merlin VSM speakers.
Both well reviewed for their classes.
Does the Cary really exceed the Sony?
It had been written up as the best solid state up to $5-6000.
crwindy

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czbbcl
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I would do the 5400 and look to modwright to get the most out of the unit.
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Hey Crwindy how is the Cary doing?

Modwrights web-site pertaining to the Sony Player.

http://modwright.com/modifications/sony-xa5400es.php

I have a highly modded Sony SCD-1 and it is a great player very comparable to the Audio Research Reference CD-7 on Redbook CD and exceeded the AR player on SACD; the AR reference CD-7 could not play SACD.

Chuck
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