Sony XA7ES to replace Ahh Tjoeb

Did you know that CD is moved rather than the Laser mechanism...just like the PiTracer!

Amazing Player, 35 Lbs of pure class A. Excellent bass and speed , can't beat it for the money. I had a detachable cord unit installed on mine and put an Elrod on it "WOW" go for it. I think the best player they ever made.

The XA7ES kicks the ass of that puny ah tjoeb noisemaker. Let's see: Sony's statement redbook player that sold for $3k, or.... a bottom of the line marantz piece of crap with some ho-hum tube distortion stage tacked on as a way to sell more (pricey) 6922 variants... figure it out. (it's not too hard!)

Xa7ES is a great player, even now. Sure, there's better stuff out there (SCD-1 for one) but, they are almost always more $.

-Ed

very nice CD Player ( @ about $900 used or so ? ) but it does suffer somewhat from having a captive Power cord. An upgraded cord WOULD benefit, but that's Sony arrogance for you.

I've got an XA7ES. It's been in my bedroom system & is always on, (unless I leave town), since I traded a Jeff Rowland Consonance for it approx 4 or 5 years ago.
Dependable, beefy, and it has the variable out (single ended). I'm using the balanced outputs right now, into a Pass Aleph pre-amp. It still sounds at least as good as most one-box players I've heard.