Meridian 808.3 vs Concert Fidelity 040

I preferred the Ayon CD5s to the Meridian 808.3 in my system though the Meridian was very nice.

Hi Cyrus,

the Meridian is a reference CDP but the CF (with a good CDT) is much better. Briefly: 1- more analog; 2 - more life-like.

Best regards,

I agree with Teejay concerning build quality, reliability and sound quality of the Concert Fidelity line of electronics. I recently had my CF line stage and amps upgraded by The designer. Turnaround from my house to Japan and back was one month and both upgrades were quite empirical. The DAC is non upsampling one bit technology. This makes for a lush, vivid, incredibly musical presentation with a mid-range to really "stop you in your tracks" and just listen and smile! Top notch gear from a Japanese master! Before you buy any DAC-listen to the 040!