Which CD player for Supernait?

Hi-Fi Corner
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Depends on how you classify " next to nothing". I’d snap one up if I could find a 2.2 for £1500. Paid £1100 for my cd5xs. But I only use it as a transport, I was happy to go with the cd5xs

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A CDX2 really shines on a full Fraim shelf, I’d take that before a power supply even into a 282/hi/250, having originally done it the other way on Lite.

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There was a 2.2 at 1,500€ on a French site a few days ago, it’s gone now. Nobody wants them any more… except old-timers like us.

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“next to nothing” is a question of definitions

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Indeed, but depreciation has been horrendous for CD players in recent years. Hence the “next to nothing” - a CDX2 was around £5,000 new only a couple of years ago, wasn’t it?

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Yeah sure, prices for CD555 and CDS3 are also much lower and great quality for a very good price. I just am not in the habit of considering 1500 to be next to nothing :wink:

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Neither I am… perhaps “next to nothing” was a bit exaggerated - but so many on this forum have full 500 systems that you begin to think £1,500 is just pocket money. I’m not in that league, I hasten to add.

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Sure, in a 500 system. But this thread is about a Supernait :wink: But yeah, it’s something to consider.

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Hegel Mohican ?

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Does anyone have any experience of the Luxman DN150 cd player?

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Thanks everyone for the thoughtful replies! Some folks mentioned transports—has anyone found any success using a transport into the SN1 dac? I happen to like the dac in the ‘nait, but have no clue how it would handle a cd file.

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Hi Bob,
@feeling_zen has experience with the Luxman D-N150. See his thread here that has some information on it.

br,
pat

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When I had CD5XS and SN1, I did try using digital out from the CD player into the SN. It worked well, but as I had an nDAC, it was only an experiment and unsurprisingly not as good as the CD5XS/nDAC. However a decent used transport, such as Meridian 200 or 500 into the DAC in the SN could be a cost-effective way forward.

Roger

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Hi @patk
Many thanks, greatly appreciated.

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