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    Looking at simplifying my current 3 box cd player and DAC. I'm a bit out of touch bit I know Audiolab etc did cd players with selectable digital inputs.
    What is there about for say £500 new or used.

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    Cambridge Audio did a CD player few years back with built in Dac, a good one too.

    850C was it?
    Can get its successor the 851C from Richer Sounds for a couple of hundred pounds above your budget brand new with guarantee. £699
    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

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    That looks nice, no stock though.

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    quad 99cdp2 quad artera play are two that ive own with digital inputs both coaxial and opitical ...the Artera is vastly superior sound wise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bourney View Post
    Looking at simplifying my current 3 box cd player and DAC. I'm a bit out of touch bit I know Audiolab etc did cd players with selectable digital inputs.
    What is there about for say £500 new or used.
    I have a Roksan K3 that has digital inputs,roughly a grand new not sure how they hold their value pre owned though. I think some of the current Denon players have digital inputs, Hyperfi had some good deals on recently
    novafidelity x40 music server/pre/dac, Arcam A39, roksan k3 power amp,Monitor Audio Monitor 50, Dali spektor 1, van damme interconnects and speaker cable, roskan k3 CD player

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    Quote Originally Posted by zanash View Post
    quad 99cdp2 quad artera play are two that ive own with digital inputs both coaxial and opitical ...the Artera is vastly superior sound wise.
    I was wondering how different the newer generations of the Quads were. Artera looks great I have to say.

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    the chip set in mine has been superseded..by the es9038 [off the top of my head] in the nord easystream connect dac with kardas tone board. this kicks the artera's bum sonically in dac mode. But the cdp is still very good and the pre amp section excellent. Not up to MFA CLASSIC V2 ..but not much is !.. just checked the artera play2 uses the es9018 chip set

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    I'd be moving from a chevron paradox DAC which whilst probably dated, does make lovely sounds. Hoping technology has made similar quality cheaper and smaller?.

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