Don Pearce wrote:
On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:16:34 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Dr Hfuhruhurr" wrote


Not that pretty lights bother me (as in I don't need them) its a
shame that AS can't get the same colour displays for each of their
items of kit.

Yes and, if you closely, you will see that the drawer doesn't close
too
prettily either - small details that spoil an otherwise inexpensive
and
useful bit of kit (plays MP3 Cds) that wouldn't take a lot to sort
out!

Oh yeah.
How does it compare with the 63MkII for sound quality? I've never
come across anything that matches those Marantz players for warmth
it their price level.



Using the Marantz' own internal attenuation and juggling pause
buttons to perfectly time align and level match the same CD (CD and
copy thereof) in both players the sound was *indistinguishable* from
one player to the other. A number of different people here (3 or 4?)
simply couldn't tell which player was playing at any time, even when
I switched back and forth (seamlessly) on the various amps I used -
no ifs or
buts - 100%!!

Consequently, I shunted the Marantz out on eBay and the AS CDP now
resides in my overflowing 'spares cupboard'..!!

It's possible, of course, the rest of my kit may have masked
differences that other kit might have shown up but I seriously doubt
it....


Nope, no illusion. All CD players costing more than £1.75 now sound
perfect. There is no such thing as a high end CD player any more.

If there are any links to any costing £1.75, I'd be grateful to know :-)
I'd seriously like to find a cheap replacement for my original philips (as
the display is knackered)
For a mains operated machine, it's cheaper to by a cheap DVD player, though
it seems rather a waste.

Some people still think theres some difference:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=280157210823

Standing at £2,125 at the moment with 29 eager bidders! Amazing!