CD Player recommendations

Hi-Fi Corner
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I listened to a bunch of devices and went with an Audiolab 7000 and a separate dac.dac

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Like this a lot - could be tempted.

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Audiolab, Cambridge etc are Chinese products. Thatā€™s a turnoff to me. The Audiolabs slotloading damages the surface (marks) of the cdā€™s over time.

Marantz, Denon and Atoll (MD100) are safer, all imo of course.

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I bought it last week, I use it with Uniti Nova. Sounds good

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Only 50k

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Audiolab 9000 has proper loading slot.

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You canā€™t go wrong with a Marantz CD 6007, it is a great player. I also have a Roksan K3 CD player which is 3 times the price but honestly not so much better. The transport is great so ideal for you set up.

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Me too, iā€™d never buy anything IAG - manufactured in China, but many choose to ignore origin and tbh its sometime rather difficult to know where your stuff is made.

(post written from a Samsung smarthone) :slightly_smiling_face:

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To answer the original question, based on everything Iā€™ve read and listened to, Iā€™d go transport into your streamer via coax. Iā€™d go new, and personally go tray loading. Iā€™ve run the Audiolab 6000CDT and now use the 9000. I think the 7000CDT would fit the bill for you.

Also, I love streaming and I also love CD :grin:.

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That isnā€™t on Missionā€™s website , so it must be very new, not yet released or a legacy product

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Later this year I believe.

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thank you

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You know that the Naim cd5si is still on sale? I found it excellent for the priceā€¦ Why did you sulk it?

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I guess the OPā€™s biggest problem with the CD5si is its 3x plus his allocated budget of Ā£500ā€¦ishšŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

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Yes itā€™s trueā€¦ In second hand maybe but itā€™s a bit fair I think.

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Wonder if you ever have tried any of their higher hiearchy players ?

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I had 5i and cd5x with flatcap, I prefer the cd5si, after I do not say it is the best, but at its price it is very good.

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Cd5si here very happy and matches great with my Supernait 3 and only needing one remote for both. :heart_eyes: :+1:t2:

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100

Same here, itā€™s an underrated player in my view.
Supported by Naim too

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I think the CD 5si is good for the money , the Nait 50 deserves a better source like a LP12 or a NDx2 .

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