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Looking for a new CD player

healyc139

healyc139

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Probably in the wrong forum, but I need to find a new CD player. I have a Fisher 400, Denon DP35 turntable and a set of Klipsch Quartets. Any ideas on a reasonably priced CD player that would compliment this set up?

I've been looking at Teac and Denon CD players. I currently use a Sony D-9 discman.

Many thanks!
 
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Bodyblue said:
I am sure I will get flamed for saying this but thrift stores are FILLED with CD players......and not all cheap ones either. I have a beautiful Sony SACD player I bought from a thrift for $25. I then bought a remote from eBay for $10.
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This is definitely a good way to go or research a unit that has the features you like and look around on eBay.

I picked up a mid 2000's TOTL Yamaha universal player on eBay for something like $80 plus shipping in the box, with remote, etc.
It's got dual Burr Brown DAC chips, separate power power supply section, copper coated chassis, a really nice head phone out. The audiophile works.
The lack of hdmi makes it basically worthless as a video disc player and that's where the price drop comes from.

I've been using it as a two channel source for years now and still like it very much.
 
Bodyblue said:
I am sure I will get flamed for saying this but thrift stores are FILLED with CD players......and not all cheap ones either. I have a beautiful Sony SACD player I bought from a thrift for $25. I then bought a remote from eBay for $10.
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Why would you get flamed for stating what is empirically verifiable?
 
I have a Cambridge Audio Azur 650C in my main system, really nice sounding CD player. I use Denon DVD players in my other systems. They sound good and have been pretty much bullet proof for quite a few years. One is a DVD-2500 that was a high dollar unit in it's day, I got it at a garage sale for $20. The other is a DVD-900 that I found at a thrift for $10. A tech I know says the biggest drawback to buying used CD players is that the lasers only have a certain amount of playing time before they go bad, so buying used is always a crap shoot.
 
i would go for a Lexicon RT-10....I am amazed every day at how good it sounds, and it plays the occasional SACD you might find you like. Expremely reliable, and with 2 sets of RCA outputs just in case you wanna send it to 2 systems...I do that.
 
If your looking for used look for a Sony DVP-S7000.

This is a dvd player that uses a separate laser for cd's.

Retailed for $1,000 new and can be purchased for $100 or so.
 
There are NO replacement lasers available for any new CD players, so unless you are loaded, it's best to buy the cheapest new player that sounds good. The Onkyo is a good choice.
For used players, there is only one laser available anymore, the Sony KSS-213, available at BD Enterprises. I wouldn't trust any other place, they sell counterfeits. BD found some reliable supplier in China to make these replacements and they are good. If you go the used route you can buy a Sony CDP-XA1ES, which is a wonderful player that uses this laser. Buy a CDP-XA1ES and buy a couple of spare lasers and you will be good for years.
 
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