I tried to upgrade and switching CDP at the sub $2000 price range from Rega Planet, Jupiter, Alchemist, MArantz CD-12 mod, Rotel 981, Audio Analog but they all have a something good and something bad which make you feel like to upgrade when you owned them for a few months.... so I decide to move up the ladder to the $3000 or over CDP. Here I tried the Krell 300cd (the newer silver version), Wadia 301, Metronome CD-2V Signature but I settled with the NuVista. It is just so much more musical than the Wadia 301. The Wadia is my second favourite but once you have it compared side by side, all my three friends (have diff taste) agreed the NuVista should make music and better pace. Hard to tell in words, it is not faster or slower, but the pace is better and more like a Master playing live music and the Wadia is like the student playing the music...... For just about $3000 you can a used NuVista at a significant saving these days -- a MUST TRY!!! The NuVista is a very very heavy CDP and very well-built at this price.
