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Which is the best cd player under $10k?

I am trying to find the best cd player under $10k (new or used) either a current or recent offering which has a warm, vinyl-like sound, wonderful holographic imagining, large soundstage, nice details & beautiful tonality without being hyper detailed, etched and which avoids the two extremes; cold and analytical to too warm and syrupy?

Choices so far have been Accuphase dp-500, Audio Research cd-8 (but lacks up to the minute digital inputs), Playback Designs MPS-5, EAR Acute & Luxman DU-80. Given the many choices, i'm pulling my hair out. Let me know your thoughts!
melbguy1
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onemalt
35 posts
 
Add the McIntosh MCD500 to your audition list. IMO it meets most, if not all of the criteria you've listed.
karelfd
476 posts
 
... yeah, this is tough. Your description would seem to fit yet another machine, though. So here is a must-audition in that price bracket:
AMR-CD77 (first version or 77.1 update)
bob_bundus
1,834 posts
 
...wow this is tough...
you could ask the same question about women and get a million equally different different responses

either a current or recent offering which has a warm sound, wonderful imagining, large stage, nice details, & beautiful tonality without being hyper detailed, etched and which avoids the two extremes; cold and analytical to too warm and syrupy?


sorry couldn't resist you left yourself wide open dude
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