Aw mate... lol. Yep, I can understand that, you must love build quality as I do.
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Location: Derbyshire
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I'm Josie.
Aw mate... lol. Yep, I can understand that, you must love build quality as I do.
Ultrafide U500DC power amplifier - Croft Vitale )highly modified) - TRIO L-07D Turntable - Denon DL103C1 - Funk Firm Houdini - Lentek MC head amp - 15" Tannoy Monitor Gold Loudspeakers in Lockwood Major cabinets (From Trident Studios) - Tannoyista SPEC 3 Custom Crossovers - VanDamme Black Speaker Cable
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I do! The Sony SCD-1 that succeeded it was monstrously battleship in construction (26kg for an SACD player) and the Ayre C-5xe MP that I use now is incredibly heavy, too.Originally Posted by The Black Adder
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Location: Windsor
Posts: 91
I'm James.
Wasn't the PD91 also touted as one of the best transport in its day? It was an amazing player and the mechanism runs very quietly. I thought at one level down the PD71 was already quite an excellent player.Built August 1989 this Pioneer PD-91 has opened my eyes to just how right they got it, still stands up today in it's vintage sound.
Reads discs quicker than any other cd player I've had. The cd mechanism is silky smooth and solid, none of this creaky cog whirring clunkyness which you see on even some of the latest players.
Internally it's built amazingly well..
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Location: Glasgowshire
Posts: 9,683
I'm Gary.
Pioneer DVD 575-A dvd player.
Plays DVD-Audio and SACD.
Plugged it into my Caiman Dac....sublime.
Hate the inconvenience of CD's, but I still have a few so this is great.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
Sorry Gaz, but how lazy could anyone be?
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Location: Valley of the Hazels
Posts: 9,139
I'm AMusicFanNotAnAudiophile.
The best place for CDs is a box in the loft/cellar/garage...
Sorry Gaz, but how lazy could anyone be?
Chris
Common sense isn't anymore!
Nooooooooooooooooo! Browsing files has no tactile enjoyment.The best place for CDs is a box in the loft/cellar/garage...
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Location: High Peak, Derbyshire
Posts: 2,241
I'm Keith.
I get tactile pleasure from browsing/handling vinyl, but none whatsoever from CDs. I'm 100% vinyl and files these days and will be putting my CD player up for sale shortly.
Keith
Analogue: Lenco L75 with 'PTP5' top plate in heavy birch ply plinth/re-wired Rega RB300/SAE 1000e HOMC Cartridge/Trans-Fi Reso-Mat/Moth RCM
Files: Voyage MPD/Custom PC/Supra USB/Beresford ASYNCH-1/Beresford TOSlink cable
CDP: Inca Katana SE
DAC: Beresford Caiman MkII (LiPo Battery powered)
Pre-Amp: Croft Micro 25 Power-Amp: Croft Series 7
Speakers: DIY Frugel-Horn Mk3 ('FH3') + REL Strata subwoofer
Headphones: Beyer Dynamics DT990 Pro (250 ohm)/Schiit Asgard Headphone Amp
Cables - Interconnects: Mark Grant G1000HD Speaker Cables: Van Damme Blue
Mains: Belkin PF30/Mark Grant DSP2.5 & DSP1.0 Rack: Target
Office System: HP Win8 Laptop/JRiver/MF V-Link2/Beresford Bushmaster MkII/Topping TP20 Mk2/Mission 771e
Bedroom System: Raspberry Pi/Raspbrian + MPD/HiFiBerry DAC/Topping TP20 Mk2/Mission 760i or DIY Hybrid Valve-MOSFET Headphone amp + Sennheiser HD595
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Well, I'm 100% physical media, whether it be vinyl or CD\SACD.
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Location: gone
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I'm gone.
Me, too. Although I'd extend the list to include minidisc and cassette tape.
I've heard lots of 'streaming solutions', and for me a decent CD drive beats them all in terms of sound quality any day of the year!
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