C'mon, Kent. Everyone *KNOWS* that CD players all sound alike. They're all perfect and you know it. Now stop it; you'll scare the children. Join the herd and stop talking nonsense!
Don't mind me. I'm just waxing sarcastic. I found a $50 CD portable by Panasonic that beats my 5 disc Sony. That's impossible I know. I think I'll have to return it cause I can't trust my own ears. I hope you don't mind if I send a copy of your post to some friends: Jay (who's an audiophile), and Catherine & Paz (who aren't). See, Catherine? I'm not the only one. Lama who went on a vinyl binge: k.d. lang, Ella in front of the Duke's band: 8 LP sides!! a John Prine white label promo without a jacket, early Sinatra LP in mono on Columbia (has a reminder to replace that metal needle every 20 hrs) extended mix of Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" on a 45rpm 12" disc 3 Bill Cosby titles Emmylou Harris 3 record set of Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd(s) (for Dad) The Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Sweet Emma (stereo, 1964 Yeah, baby!) 6-side boot of Petty and the Heartbreakers live and the coup of the month: Tori Amos' "Under the Pink" on brand new vinyl: $8.98 ! There's more but you get the point. Eclecticism lives on the jmdl. In the depths of winter, I'm high on life! Kent Southard said he got a new CD player, >> - the NAD 571t has the HDCD feature, and as it's currently selling at half price, $400, I got one. And the difference is truly extraordinary, my system sounds like I just spent thousands rather than a few hundred. Clearer, richer, punchier, more detailed than you can believe. My previous CD player (also NAD) in comparison made the music seem like a paint by numbers picture with most of the canvas left white.
