Who listens primarily to Redbook CD?


My primary (only, actually) source is a CEC TL5 Transport feeding an Audio Note Kit 1.1 NOS DAC through a Cerious Technologies Graphene Extreme AES/EBU digital cable. They are both decked out with CT GE power cords, Synergistic Research Quantum Black fuses, Herbie's Audio Lab Tenderfeet isolation footers, plus other misc. tweaks.

Sounds great, and I have very little desire to add another source. Pretty much all the music I want is available on CD, and is usually quite cheap. I hope to upgrade to an AN factory DAC (3.1x/II, or better, would be nice), and a Teo Audio liquid metal digital cable (I have their Game Changer ICs, and absolutely love them!) in the future.

Who else is happy with Redbook CD as their primary source?
tommylion

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My primary source although not necessarily my go to is FM radio via analog signal and professionally serviced and upgraded when necessary  FM tuners from the golden era .  Reception optimized by rooftop FM only rotatable antenna.      Were I not in the SF bay area and unable to utilize radio waves from what IMHO is some of the best FM left in the country   I would be listening via online.  Although  I have to say Redbook cd shares primary source duty with FM  and  I will naturally go to it when nothing of interest is available via analog signal or it will just be my main listening for the day as well.   And,  I will emphasize that a great part  of my collection of Redbook is what I have heard on my local college FM station which in effect surpasses  anything I have heard over many years of listening to FM --since the 60's covering most all genres .      I take special liking to my transports which are all 90's units which use the last of the best Philips mechanisms.  Rotel--CDM9, PSA Lambda-CDM9/pro,   Museatex  CD-D--CDM1mkii  Museatex has been upgraded by Stephen Sank.     My dacs currently are  Burson DA160,  Metrum NOS mini dac,  Shek D2 .  Vinyl  set up as well.  
@desktopguy--- Im checking online re/that NOS 19- you do seem really impressed with its performance.  Im wondering what other units on the market use that design?   To clarify---your referring to a NOS 19  as well as one that has oversampling?    Wouldn't they have different model #'s?