Yeah, it was the first CD player I heard that could do a 3-D soundstage when asked. It was way ahead of the Naim CD-S at the time (we compared them, although our sales director wouldn't/couldn't(?) accept this as "Salisbury" were the only firm who could make HiFi gear...........
Post laser replacement, I took it into work and, once given two or three hours to "warm-up" (many of these old TDA1541 based machines needed this), it also easily saw off the harsh Naim CDX and spacially flat Linn Ikemi, although I could get great results from a carefully set up (regards to mains isolation) Karik III/Numerik III and the CDS-2/XPS was better and more like the CD-M100 in bass power....
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