I did a swap deal for my old Myryad MCD600 CDP, a very nice machine, imho ... and got this Cyrus 8X cdp in exchange.



Ho-hum ... Cyrus. Not a lot of audiophile cred there - it should be an easy sell on fleaBay though, and I'll recoup the cost of the Myryad, so I guess I'll move it on pretty quick.
Some good reviews on t'internet, though. But you could probably find a good review for rancid dog poo used as an LP cleaning fluid somewhere on the internet .... I mean, Cyrus, right?

Plumbed it in to my humble system ... hmm, a bit bright & grainy, and tonally lightweight. But the reviews say it should be left on for a couple of days, so OK I'll humour them and give it a go.
Of course, no way could I wait 48 hours - of my many fine personal characteristics, patience is not high on the list. So after 9 or 10 hours of playing silently on repeat I tried it again. Well, the bright graininess had largely disappeared, and a touch of welcome natural warmth was starting to intrude into the mids. And, by gum, the soundstage is a bit awesome.

OK - left it playing on repeat overnight - by late morning when I got around to trying it again my jaw sank heavily to the floor. This is one bloody fine player! Whodathawtit? Not me, for sure.

The grainy texture is gone. The mids are now gorgeously rich and natural - "beautiful" would be the 1WR (One Word Review), I think. Bass is solid and deep, but it doesn't "lead the sound" if you know what I mean. Still a bit lightweight in tonality - especially if compared to some bass heavy-hitters like Jake / lordmortlock's old Marantz SA KI Pearl cdp that has visited Jerry Mansions recently. But really quite fine nonetheless.

I've been playing this now for a few days and am continuing to enjoy it muchly. To be perfectly honest, I've not heard a 3D focussed soundstage as good as this before. Very nice indeedy.
I'm now on the lookout for a PSX-R outboard PSU to power it with.

Cyrus? ... I wonder what their pre-amps sound like ...?