Outstanding digital components

[Yiangos]

One great dac,and you can find it in the secondhand market at a not so prohibitive price,
is the Audio Synthesis DAX Decade.

[Ken R]

My humble Rotel which I keep meaning to change, but either don't have the funds, or get the readies but something else crops up! But it just keeps on playing and making quite decent music

[Mr. C]

One of the most musical and great pieces for myself the Wadia 15 dac

[shuggz]

7520 dac, missing link cryo cables and Teac VRDS 20

[tizer2000uk]

Not strictly one component but several I suppose - Meridian DSP 5000 Speakers. Not the path to go down if you like upgrading but imho when heard you would never find a reason to do so.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

linn majik ds is a work of genius, it sounds simply amazing it has completely solved all of the isssues i had with my hifis sound
and i can control it with my laptop or (old) pda, if i leave the pda in the dock by the tv and change the music with the pc the dock displays what is playing. and to top it off that although it is hard wired to the router it is linked wirelessly to the pc where all the music is at the other end of the house, and works flawlessly.
everyone who had a cd player should sell it, put there cds to flac and buy a linn ds and i mean everyone!
on top of this, i have a 7520 upstairs where the pc with the music on is and that sounds bloody amazing and i havent even put any new opamps in it .
the guy who came round to set up the linn ds said stans dac with my tripath and dynaudio a42s sounded "absolutly outstanding, quite frankly stageringly good value for money"
needless to say, it all good in the digital domain of the house of gill

[StanleyB]

Or you can get a Freecom 350 or 450 wireless router and hook it up to the TC-7520. Far cheaper.

[CharlesT]

The Pioneer Elite PD-D6-J that I have now sounds great, especially considering its price point. It plays SACD's and CD's, both of which sound excellent. However the CD's actually come out sounding better.

An old time favorite of mine is the Sony DVP-NS755V from years ago. I still have it and use it from time to time. It's main design was DVD, but it's audio section is stellar, being able to play CD's and SACD's with DSD decoding. I've never done a side-by-side comparison between it and the Elite, but I bet they would be extremely close.

Now if I could find one at a good price in excellent shape, it would have to be the Wadia 860. Where I worked at the time, I had plenty of play time with this CD player and absolutely loved it. I had the chance to get one at cost, but the turbo on my car blew up and I had to put the $$$ towards that instead. Figures...

[TONEPUB]

Still my favorite after almost two years, the Naim CD555.

[Marco]

It should be bloody good at that price, too!

I do rate the 555, but just as good can be had for MUCH less money. You should research some of the classic CDPs using TDA1541 chips, especially those that have been heavily modified (see my sig ), and the likes of the Oracle (see our banner, top R/H corner).

Marco.