I've upgraded to the COS Engineering D1 mk2. I tried the Cambridge CXC-clean detailed sound but lacking in fullness/bass foundation. Terrible remote. The Avatar is gone as Denafrips has no transports. Jay's Audio unit was upgraded to CD2 mk3 and has optional redbook and upsampling output. It appears to meet typical operating disc criteria I asked but did not get answered above. It's either Jay's Audio or the also unheard CEC TL5n.
Denafrips Avatar looks the goods
I really like what I see with this Denafrips Avatar, it’s looks to have the goods inside for the money, and no dvd rom slot drive or CD rom drive used either. Two transformers lot of separate regulators, many little caps to get lower esr than just big ones. lots of different outputs.
https://www.denafrips.com/avatar
And it uses a Philips Philips CDM4/19 swing arm laser, much better than rom drives slot or tray, just a little slower to read the TOC no biggie.
https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB14vz0QFXXXXXpXFXXq6xXFXXX1/CDM4-CDM4-19-CDM-4-19-Brand-Part-HIFI-CD-La...
Cheers George
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Avatar cdp is available from chinese distros: SG$ 2,095.13 | DN-03 De-nafrips AVATAR CD CDM4 Player Driver Turntable all in one PCB 11 Kinds Digital Output as Coaxial Optical HDMI I2S R-J45 I sold the Jay Audio one to get the Avatar which I can sync to one single high quality oxco clock in my Denafrips Terminator Plus DE .. huge difference ! Cheers. |
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