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Warm and pleasing CDP - can be biased, colored


I'm looking for a CDP that has warm and pleasing sound.
Everything else can be sacrificed - no dynamics, fine, lack of clarity, fine, even distortion/bias/coloring is welcomed as long as the CDP sounds warm and pleasing.

My primary CDP is good but too unforgiving for poorly recorded CDs. I'd like to get a 2nd CDP that is sort of like a turntable. Looking for inexpensive one.
silvmoon

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talon4
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Easy...Meridian 508.24---about $1400 used. It's a very analog sounding cd player and was rated Stereophile class A at one time. The one that I owned was very forgiving, but still had good dynamics, clarity, and low level detail. It had a very pleasing sound. It's just on the warm side of neutral. You'd have to spend alot more to get better and your source is the most (or second most) important part of your system. Your B&W speakers would sing! Stan
talon4
185 posts
 
Timrhu, Actually, the Meridian 508.24 is a deal at $1400. It used to list for 4k new. My premise is to put your money into your source and speakers first. Thus the suggestion for the 508.24. Silvmoon's system says that his current cd player is $995. For just a little more cash, he could have a 4k player, which I'm actually suggesting for a replacement. If you do some research on Audiogon... "Best cd player for the money", you'll find that the Meridian 508.24 is mentioned more than any other cd player, at least up to about two years ago. (The posts go back to the year 2000.) Starting about 2 years ago, I noticed that alot of people were mentioning Sony cd players--- not sure of the model. At any rate, my .02 cents worth...
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