ertorque

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Competitive class D amp suggestions
check this out DA&T K422 Bi Amplifier  
SLOT LOADING CD MECHANISMS - DO THE DAMAGE CD'S?
I am  in the market for a transport and am very close to getting the CDT6000 until I came across scratch incidents from customers. Some even found the same phenomena on replacement units from their dealers. Check out posts by caesar94 and hero in ... 
CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality
Just look at this, which do you think the streaming company will end up getting 28 years difference for the same CD only the oldest one is uncompressed. Look at the shocking difference in dynamic range!!https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?ar... 
30 year old player, worth an upgrade?
I’m still using a 1986 Denon 1500 and still sounds great! I have friends with newer CD players, only one can match the sound, most can’t compare. I attribute this to 1500’s Brown and Burr DACs !!@dgb553 I am sure the Denon must be very good. I le... 
30 year old player, worth an upgrade?
It just occurred to me that my BADA amp has balanced inputs. Upon further checking, only the BADA HD23 player among the 3 under consideration has balanced outputs. Is balanced connection almost always superior to RCA? A downside of the BADA player... 
30 year old player, worth an upgrade?
@oldaudiophile thanks for sharing! 
30 year old player, worth an upgrade?
with the CD6007 released, prices are good on the CD6006 and it should way outperform your CD40...I always found the expensive Sony DVD players to make lousy CD transports... Good to hear that the modern Marantz should be better. This will m... 
30 year old player, worth an upgrade?
Thank-you for all the responses. At the moment, I have no intention of going separates but all 3 players under consideration have digital outputs so running them as transports + DAC in the future is possible.In Malaysia where I am from, used hifi ... 
30 year old player, worth an upgrade?
Why not keep the Marantz as a transport and put all your money into a separate DAC ? The CD40 does not have digital outputs. It is the cheapest Marantz player that has the TDA1541A chip. 
My Last CD player
Would the Bada HD28 player be out of place in this thread? Or is it a few rungs below what has been mentioned so far? 
Which speaker among Dali, Dynaudio and Acoustic Energy should I choose?
Thanks to everyone who responded (the beauty of online forum!).  Yes, nothing beats actually listening to the speakers to know how they sound. I guess I'd have to wait until this pandemic situation eases to a point where travel restrictions is lif... 
Which speaker among Dali, Dynaudio and Acoustic Energy should I choose?
@hoosierinohio @chicagoblue1977Thanks for the advice, Never really did make the connection between Class A and low dB. There must be some truth to it given that both of you advocate against it.