I'm just curious as to what kind of CD player(s) everyone is using (and what y'all think of it). What do you like about it? What do you dislike? Is it very good? Good enough to compete with your record player? Changer or single disc? SACD? DVD? Vintage or modern?
If you say please I'll post about mine, but prepare to be disappointed :/
Sony DVP-NS900V.
It recently came to my knowledge that my very player was owned by the acoustic engineer Renato Lira from Audiokit.com.br .
I use it as a transport for both CD and SACD reproduction. While it already has a really good DAC inside, the DAC on my Denon sounds a tad nicer, so i use it instead of the original one from the player.
The irony of it all is, these players cost a fortune to buy here in Brazil, but they can be picked up next to nothing in the US, thankfully i didn't have to pay for mine because my friends gave it to me as a birthday gift.
Now I know what to smuggle in with me next time I go down there! I have brought Levis and peanut butter for friends so how hard will it be to bring a large piece of audio equipment?!
Well the Onk is a shitbox, just plagued with issues. My favorite? The whine of the cd spindle motor in the right channel, along with weird distortion and noise which increases in quiet passages. And of course, the previous owner was mod happy (Christ I hate mods in items like this. The engineers who designed it spent a lot of time on it, leave it be) so no tech will look at it now. So this one is for the bin, hopefully I can find something else for this guy to send. Ugh.
Agreed. And I am working out the details, so I’m not screwed for the deal here. If I can, I’ll just put this in a bin for a later date when I’m not so busy and sort it out then. Can’t be too difficult, something isn’t filtering a noise seems to be the main issue. Plus the two drawer belts.That's too bad. That Onkyo looked bada$$!