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the best CD player between 6'000 - 10'000 $ ?
But it just reinforces how important it is to match your components. so making it (too?) simple, the first step of a searching process could be:with a solid state preamp-amp- speaker analitical / bright combination, look for tube CD or "warm" play... 
the best CD player between 6'000 - 10'000 $ ?
thanks a lot everybody!what about a Jadis Player? I have heard yesterday for 1st time the Jadis jp80 mkII (a preamp) compared to the ARC ref 3 ... I was deeply impressed ... so that's why I ask if somebody knows whether the Cd player is as good as... 
Audio Research DAC7
sorry I have neither a response, but I am interessed too ;-) today an article in the Audio germany www.audio.deseems to be very good, but the cinch was defect !!revival of the D/A Wandler? because it allows to use a CD transport and a streaming el... 
Lumen White?
"Best to be driven by tubes I am told."I heard them with Audio Research CD ref7, AR ref 3 + the biggest AR amplifier ...it didn't work properlymaybe combining tube preamp with solid state amp 
Infinity kappa 9 or kappa 9.2?
I have a couple of Infinity Renaissance 90, I just bought Jeff Rowland's Capri + monoblocs 501 ... this is an amazing transformation ! ...( I had before OCM 200 + Threshold Fet nine E)crazy sound staging / imaging ... I can see the player in front... 
Shunyata Anatares Interconnect and the three bears
Garebear,I am confronted now to the same "problem" ... I've just bought the 501s + CapriIt would be interesting for me to know about your discoveries / experiencesthanks 
roland 501's vs ps audio gcc 500
"...are said to bring the performance of these two amps much closer to that of the Continuum 500 and 312 amps. G."if I understand correctly you mean the Continuum 500's performance is better than the performance of the combi Capri+ 2 monoblocs 501... 
Capri to the monoblocs 501, which cables?
Hi Guido,could you also ask him which cables he is using beetween preamp and amp ... I am very curious about this pointTalking with the importer, he told me that Jeff Rowland had a pair of Mini Magico, a really amazing "little thing" ... incredibl... 
Capri to the monoblocs 501, which cables?
Hi Guido,I am professional musician (classical music), that's why I am looking for a system which shows the reality ... the warmth of tubes is beautifull nevertheless a kind of distorsion of the reality ... the precision of the Capri is indeed ama... 
Capri to the monoblocs 501, which cables?
hi everybody,thank you for the advices, I have heard the JFR with Cardas and Trenner-Friedl loudspeakers, it sounded warm and quiet. With the NBS it's fast, even sometimes too agressive but of course the source isn't the same : Denon DCD versus EM... 
Mark Levinson 326S or Audio Research Ref 3 ?
thank you everybody, I have definitively to try the Capri ... amazing review from Guidocorona who owns an A.R. ref 3 !! it would be perfect to have the ML, AR and the Capri together to compare them directly on my system, but this is of course impo...