CD players,Electrocompaniet EMC-1 or YBA


I was hoping there might be someone out there that has done a side by side comparison of these 2 CD players. My system is almost finished I have ALeph 2 mono, Aleph P pre, a set of speakers built hand made by a company in Phoenix(Speaker ECT.) Now I need a source. I was think about an YBA CD2 or CD1, but I have been told this Electrocompaniet EMC-1 is awesome. Can anyone give me the run down.
briweve
I own the YBA CD3. It is very good. I tried the EMC-1 and it is also very good. They are different sounds. The YBA is more laid back and does not jump out at you. The EMC had a wider soundstage. I have learned that some components sound great with some things and like crap with other things. I think if I had it to do over I would go for the EMC. I like the wide soundstage and most everything else was as good as the YBA. They are both great for the money.
No experience with the YBA gear but I owned the EMC-1 and it is very good, very musical for CD. (I tried a lot of players in it's price range and it was the best..IMO) I upgraded to the 47labs flatfish and progression dac, which if you can swing the price, is the best I have heard... period.
While i've had very little experience with the EMC-1, what i did hear was VERY impressive. At that price level though, you might want to check into a Marantz SA-1 if you can find a really good deal on it. It is supposedly much better at "red book" cd's than the equivalent Sony models are and will also give you the versatility to try out a few SACD's should you succumb to the whim. Just a thought. Sean >