DeadRock
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Then why ask? You seem to know quite enough...
CD player with nice analog sound.
- Thread starter kacperkot477
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Phonograph sound changes drastically with different cartridges and there is no specific analog sound. Given that, what kind of sound are you chasing?
N0rt0n
Super Member
They are only 30 years old and I wonder how they could have sounded more analog than the HE players of today.
Sgt Shultz
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Not sure why you think older decks will sound more vinyl like, it's been my experience the older decks sounded like ass, very forward and fatiguing.
Went through a plethora of decks looking for one that didn't. Then I read in a few Audio rags where they favorably compared the $379 Sony DVP NS500V to the then $1500 Rega Planet.
So I plunks down my money and again I'm underwhelmed, so I kept chugging along buying my vinyl online while so many seemed happy with CD's.
Up until about 8yrs ago I had maybe 20 CD's, just no use for the format. Perusing eBay I run across a Sony DVP NS900V for $80, these were $1000 new at the time I purchased the 500V, so what the heck it's only $80.
WOW, I was shocked to hear the "music" coming from this deck, I now have two, plus a DVP NS999ES, and a DVP CX777ES. I also now have a rather healthy collection of CD's and SACD's. Paid no more than $80 for each with the 777ES being the cheapest. It showed up making grinding noises, $12 in belts later and it was up and running. Just had to replace the belts again and hoping for another 7yrs of trouble free music.
Sony DVP NS900V, mine are both black, still looking for one in silver that isn't either $300 or in another country lol.
Sony DVP NS999ES, have this in silver and it looks great with the vintage Kenny silver stack.
Sony DVP CX777ES, also in silver, set for shuffle play and it's weeks of uninterrupted music.
Now, all that said you won't find a digital playback setup to mimic your vinyl, two different mediums, but you can get digital to sound pretty great. Still prefer vinyl and my record collection shows it.
Good luck in your search.
Went through a plethora of decks looking for one that didn't. Then I read in a few Audio rags where they favorably compared the $379 Sony DVP NS500V to the then $1500 Rega Planet.
So I plunks down my money and again I'm underwhelmed, so I kept chugging along buying my vinyl online while so many seemed happy with CD's.
Up until about 8yrs ago I had maybe 20 CD's, just no use for the format. Perusing eBay I run across a Sony DVP NS900V for $80, these were $1000 new at the time I purchased the 500V, so what the heck it's only $80.
WOW, I was shocked to hear the "music" coming from this deck, I now have two, plus a DVP NS999ES, and a DVP CX777ES. I also now have a rather healthy collection of CD's and SACD's. Paid no more than $80 for each with the 777ES being the cheapest. It showed up making grinding noises, $12 in belts later and it was up and running. Just had to replace the belts again and hoping for another 7yrs of trouble free music.
Sony DVP NS900V, mine are both black, still looking for one in silver that isn't either $300 or in another country lol.
Sony DVP NS999ES, have this in silver and it looks great with the vintage Kenny silver stack.
Sony DVP CX777ES, also in silver, set for shuffle play and it's weeks of uninterrupted music.
Now, all that said you won't find a digital playback setup to mimic your vinyl, two different mediums, but you can get digital to sound pretty great. Still prefer vinyl and my record collection shows it.
Good luck in your search.
Why not pick it up and give it a try. I owned a Magnavox FD2020 (similar to the Philips CD200) and I was very pleased with the sound.
Keep in mind the old Philips players will likely require an extensive rebuild. Mine had bad power supply caps, a bad ps regulator and I recapped the CDM0 mechanism. The lid switch was filthy which caused the laser to shut off.
Just be prepared to do the work yourself or pay someone else to do it. If it doesn't work out resale for these is strong even as parts units.
N0rt0n
Super Member
A beast of a player just above your range but is a workhorse that plays almost any disk and is HDCD compatible is the Rotel CDP 1072 if you can find one local. I had one for many years and only sold it to move up to the 1572.
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@kacperkot477 What country are you in?
jayvis
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Why is that?
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twiiii
Lunatic Member
I have owned Pioneer players and recorders, Marantz, too, Sony ESS models, Mcintosh and Revox. Nakamichi I almost forgot and heard every thing the consumer division use to sell from B&O, Technics, Tandberg, Yamaha, etc etc. I got to hear some at shows,too. There were a couple that had tube stages trying to smooth out CD sound, but I gave on tubes except for some R2R machines in 75. I learned a long time ago, with what reccording and remastering engineers were doing to CD's re-releases it was just better to have a dedicated program equalizer connected to the CD player. If Its not needed I push the by pass buttons and it is totally removed the from the chain. If you really want to be precise in what you want to add or subtract you want the worlds famous Klarke Teknik parametric EQ used in recording studios all over the world. UREI made a great one too. Except they were mono and you would need two. 1/6 octave EQ's work well, also. If I were rich I would have a Accuphase 1/12 octave room EQ to use as a program EQ.
Doing an A/B comparison between a CD and the same album on vinyl is tricky. You have to find an early copy of the CD that has not been brightened and brickwalled to death. If you can find an apple that sounds similar to an orange, so to speak, then you can begin to find a CD player (analog stage and DAC) that sounds similar to the cartridge/stylus of your turntable.
I find that my Ortofon OM10 cartridge sounds like a couple of my CD players. But this only becomes apparent when I have a CD that has been mastered to sound similar to the vinyl record of the same album. Billy idol REBEL YELL on vinyl and the CD from the same year from when the album came out (mid '80s) sound alike. In this case then, the CD player sounds like the cartridge!
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
Interesting. CDs don't sound very much like records to begin with. This seems more like a tonal problem than an equipment problem. Did you consider just inserting a good parametric EQ in the circuit to play CDs? You could easily adjust the tone to mimic typical LP sound. Rather than randomly trying out DACs looking for THAT sound, you could directly manipulate it to your exact taste.
This Marantz CD6007 would be my choice for a mid priced CD player if you can find one.
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And for those on a tighter budget the Cambridge AXC35 CD Player looks like a fine choice.
If you have a good DAC, You should consider a CD Transport like the Cambridge CXC V2.
I have this Marantz's predecessor the CD6006. It was much like a better needle for your TT. First time I played it I heard things never heard in the CD players that came before it.
Onkyo 7030 is no slouch either. Not quite as good as the Marantz but dang close so at less than 300 it's a bargain.
jayvis
Addicted Member
I agree. Although the first cd players were an epiphany at the time, they weren't conducive to long listening sessions for me. They were definitely not analog sounding to me. As other gear and cd players/DACs advanced over the years, some players have gotten closer to that subjective sound and often sounded better to me than my vinyl set up. I would never consider a first or second generation cd player for analog sounding reproduction.
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Sgt Shultz
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I have a Carver T3100 (I think) that I'm very fond of. None of the other 20 or so players I've had over the years sound as good as this one.
My first disc player was a $1000 Carver purchased in 1991 and sounded like ass lol. As stated earlier many followed that sounded no better until the Sony decks pictured.
mfrench
Addicted Member
what does an ass sound like?
squeaky butt cheeks?
flatulence?
pinching one off, and the sigh of relief?