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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2005 at 07:21
On another hand, the Marantz CD12+ DA12 (old and very high end drive/converter)is an absolute reference.



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Points: 3254 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2005 at 07:22
Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:

Originally posted by maidenrulez maidenrulez wrote:

Good cheap Cd player


Marantz cd 5400



 



Not TOO bad, but i really prefer the Nad. The low is tighter and cleaner and the highs are more neutral than on the Marantz.
This kind of Marantz is not part of the bad, but not of the good too.

Ah well this won the best budget cd player award in 2004-2005 but i guess it is all a matter of taste...
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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2005 at 07:34
Don't rely on awards. They don't mean much.
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Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:

Don't rely on awards. They don't mean much.

It depends who gives them...

Anyway i also prefer NAD

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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2005 at 07:41
One more time, it's not too bad. Better than our crappy french players Micromega or Atoll, and i think it's better than Cambridge audio.
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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2005 at 07:42
Originally posted by maidenrulez maidenrulez wrote:

Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:

Don't rely on awards. They don't mean much.


It depends who gives them...


Anyway i also prefer NAD



Well, the problem with awards is the same than the reviews. They are bought by the brands.
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Yes, Nad is miles better than little Marantz.

Much more neutral and it makes some tight low compared to the Marantz which dribbles in the low and is colored in the highs.

Nad is much more natural.
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Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:

Originally posted by maidenrulez maidenrulez wrote:

Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:

Don't rely on awards. They don't mean much.


It depends who gives them...


Anyway i also prefer NAD



Well, the problem with awards is the same than the reviews. They are bought by the brands.

Just as music reviews, you can learn to diffrence the bad ones after experience with the reviewer and the magazine itself. It took me many years to find a musical reviewer wich is soo good i can agree with about 90% of what he says...
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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2005 at 07:59
Yes, true.
Maybe it's worst in hifi because of money interest.
The best mag is the american one "Stereophile".
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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2005 at 14:19
...of course my current digital system:

Drive Sonic frontiers SFT-1 + converter Goldmund Mimesis 14 + Nordost digital cable
beats all the Cd players presented up.





The inside of my converter:
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