sold late model Linn CD12 (for a good price) and a Linn Ikemi (likewise) - tried MF, Naim, dCS and Chord at home... no going back for me either! 2,000 CD's are in storage. SB2+X-DACv3+PSU (and some good cables - Chord & Kimber)
My (heretical) view from 30 years of studio and high-end audio experience is that a low-jitter SB + good/great DAC will ALWAYS be at least as good in technical audio terms as ANY CD player/DAC - but you may prefer the analogue "voicing" (ie frequency/impulse/slew response) of a particular CDP/DAC. Too many people confuse "better" with different... BTW One of the main reasons early digital was "ugly" was that - just for a moment - the manufacturers forgot about voicing and just built something that worked very well on paper/scope - they clearly didn't actually listen to it :0) Voicing is an art and it is source sensitive - that's why some CD's sound great/OK/bad on different systems...the same was/is true of vinyl. (oh god, I've really let myself in for some flack now haven't I?) Phil (cowering in concrete bunker) -- Phil Leigh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19649 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
