Which make/model are good? The type that sounds very good as a stand-alone cd player, without the need of using a separate dac.
Price wise - £250-£400.
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Good Sounding Budget CD Players
Which make/model are good? The type that sounds very good as a stand-alone cd player, without the need of using a separate dac.
Price wise - £250-£400.
S.
Shane Lonergan.
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Hi Shane,
I had a Micromega stage 4 for a while, I really enjoyed it. it sounded pretty good to me and should be within budget.
Rich.
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I really
Liked my marantz cd6005
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If that was good, there's a top model Stage 6 on HiFi for sale.Originally Posted by stairpost
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£250? That looks like a bargain.
Clearaudio Emotion with Clearaudio Performer cart
Copland CDA 266
Copland CSA 28
Squeezebox Touch
Impulse Lali
Van Damme I/Cs and cables
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Marantz cd6006uk, currently £329 at Sevenoaks. Excellent player, tricky to buy anything new that's better under £500.
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Thanks, Matt. Must pop down to Richer Sounds in Exeter sometime for a look.
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Shane Lonergan.
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You would be hard pushed to beat one of these for VFM https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Meridian-506-CD-player/323701260308?hash=item4b5e194014:g:rfEAAOSw9Clca-lu:rk:1f:0 you just need to make sure that it reads CD's easily, the Philips mechanism can get sticky due to the wrong type of grease being used from new, meaning the laser stops positioning correctly and starts mis-reading. Although it can be fixed.
Alternatively push the boat out for https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Meridian-596-CD-DVD-player-scart-Version/333050921204?epid=1824828779&hash=item4d8b61c0f4:g :AvIAAOSwQfRcVejy:rk:2
How they compare with newer CD Players I cannot say but I love my Meridian 508.
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I have been using a Arcam 23T for years it needs to be isolated with feet on the bottom and a book on the top, it sounds good.
The problem with the old arcams is the tray starts sticking on them, then breaks. Depends really how much you want to spend. Personally i would not buy a Phillips mech but thats my opinion. I don't think any are rubbish.
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+1, they're very good, got a refurbed one for £249 on ebay. The USB socket on the front is a useful feature to.
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