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**That would be a reasonable assumption. HK have
clearly put a lot of effort into building a quality
analogue section in that machine.

An ultimate quality analog section for a CD player - a
5532, a few penny resistors, and a couple of caps.

**No, but that is an adequate one.

More than adequate - sonically transparent, even at
audio production signal levels.

**Not IMO. There are superior ICs available.

Unsupported opinions are worth less than a dime a dozen.

More crucially, however, many cheap players use vastly
inferior OP amps.

Ignorance and fear speaks.

I've seen 4558 class OP used in many cheap players.

They can do the job.

**No, they cannot. They audible problems, compared to
superior ICs. 5532s are MUCH better.

Prove it.

Ignorance and fear speaks.

Cheap DVD players are guilty of this.

It's probably not a sin.

**Nope. Just cost-cutting.

Further, correct
implemented muting can make a big difference. Cheap
players use a transistor,

They can do the job.

**Rarely.

Prove it.

Ignorance and fear speaks.

whilst better quality ones use relays.

Slow, noisy, unreliable, and generally provide no
audible advantage.

**Wrong. I suggest you try for yourself. It may well
surprise you.

Been there, done that. Were you even born then?

For the record: The HK uses a transistor.

Thanks Trevor for discrediting yourself.

Mine will soon have relays fitted.

Ignorance and fear speaks.

Fact is Trevor, you've never ever done an adquate job of
comparing two CD players.

**Wrong.

Prove it.

Your worship of those absolutely insanely mis-designed
ME
amplfiers says it all.

**Do you mean: I appreciate the elegance of design,
superb objective performance and sound quality of a
particular amplifier, which you have ZERO experience
with?

It is not my fault that even the most benknighted of American audiophiles
failed to fall for ME's weirdness in suffient numbers for them to achieve
any commercial presence over here.

An amplifier whose schematics you've never sighted?

Given that one can have as many sonically-transparent 100wpc amplifiers for
use with competently designed speakers as one wishes for less than $200
each - why pay more?

An amplifier you've never measured, heard or even
touched? Is that your assertion?

One phrase says it all - zero loop feedback.