"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in
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I'm in the market for a new CD player. Not willing to
spend more than 500£, what's your advice?

If there are some good options with price tag
significantly lower than 500£, they would be welcome.


PLEASE listen to several models around 20% of that price
before assuming more money will buy better sound.

Agreed.

If someone wants to drop big bucks (relatively speaking), try whatever
Pioneer is selling this week as a universal (CD, DVD, DVD-A, SACD) player.
I think the magic model number is up around DV-588 by now.

And forget the twaddle about a need for using an external DAC.

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in
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I'm in the market for a new CD player. Not willing to
spend more than 500£, what's your advice?

If there are some good options with price tag
significantly lower than 500£, they would be welcome.


PLEASE listen to several models around 20% of that price
before assuming more money will buy better sound.

Agreed.


Also agreed, then go and conduct an honest comparison with modern players
costing nearer 10% of that price....



If someone wants to drop big bucks (relatively speaking), try whatever
Pioneer is selling this week as a universal (CD, DVD, DVD-A, SACD) player.
I think the magic model number is up around DV-588 by now.


The only problem with using DVDPs for CD is the long 'recognition times'
when you pop a disk in some of them - my otherwise perfectly OK Pioneer
DV-575A is a slug in that department...

On 2006-09-06, Keith G wrote:

The only problem with using DVDPs for CD is the long 'recognition times'
when you pop a disk in some of them - my otherwise perfectly OK Pioneer
DV-575A is a slug in that department...

Also switching it on is a 'put the kettle on' event ...

Lordy

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On 2006-09-06, Keith G wrote:

The only problem with using DVDPs for CD is the long
'recognition times' when you pop a disk in some of them
- my otherwise perfectly OK Pioneer DV-575A is a slug in
that department...

Also switching it on is a 'put the kettle on' event ...

Points well taken. Of course given that most modern players put themselves
to sleep when not actually in use, why bother turning it off?

But that does not address the long disc recognition times. There's a lot of
options and lot of checking that needs to be done if a player wants to be
truely universal.

Arny Krueger wrote:

"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in
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I'm in the market for a new CD player. Not willing to
spend more than 500£, what's your advice?

If there are some good options with price tag
significantly lower than 500£, they would be welcome.


PLEASE listen to several models around 20% of that price
before assuming more money will buy better sound.

Agreed.

If someone wants to drop big bucks (relatively speaking), try whatever
Pioneer is selling this week as a universal (CD, DVD, DVD-A, SACD) player.
I think the magic model number is up around DV-588 by now.

$165 here
http://store.buycodefreedvd.com/pidvddvdvdir.html for a region free one or $135
for region 1.

Graham

On 2006-09-03, Luis Freitas wrote:
Hi all,

I'm in the market for a new CD player. Not willing to spend more than 500£,
what's your advice?

If there are some good options with price tag significantly lower than 500£,
they would be welcome.

Have you tried the Cambridge Audio 640C or the MkII version?

Lordy

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some)..
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Yes I've listened to the 640C, not the MkII version. It's one of my budget
choices.

Thanks.

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"lordy" wrote in message
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On 2006-09-03, Luis Freitas wrote:
Hi all,

I'm in the market for a new CD player. Not willing to spend more than
500£,
what's your advice?

If there are some good options with price tag significantly lower than
500£,
they would be welcome.

Have you tried the Cambridge Audio 640C or the MkII version?

Lordy

PS. Some usenet email harvesters do look in the body of the message. (not
a lot but
some)..
Luís Freitas
E-mail:
Portugal

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On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:16:52 GMT, lordy wrote:

If there are some good options with price tag significantly lower than 500£,
they would be welcome.

Have you tried the Cambridge Audio 640C or the MkII version?

Rega Apollo - see review http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/606rega/

Retails at 500 quid.

I;ve not heard it but a freind who is a Rega dealer says its a winner.

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:22:29 +0100, wrote:

Rega Apollo - see review http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/606rega/

Retails at 500 quid.

I;ve not heard it but a freind who is a Rega dealer says its a winner.


Worthy of Mandy Rice-Davis :-)

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On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:16:52 GMT, lordy wrote:

If there are some good options with price tag significantly lower than
500£,
they would be welcome.

Have you tried the Cambridge Audio 640C or the MkII version?

Rega Apollo - see review http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/606rega/

Retails at 500 quid.

I;ve not heard it but a freind who is a Rega dealer says its a winner.



What tripe - cue Arny to come galloping up and rant about trading in myth
and audio legend.....

Er, except that he won't - he's got 'selective vision' problems.....

(Not to mention selective hearing problems also!! :-)