"Dr Hfuhruhurr" wrote in message
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On 3 Oct, 13:16, "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....

Thats very interesting. Thanks for the detailed reply Keith.
I myself have a Liteon DVD/HDD doing the CD player MP3 stuff and I
really couldn't tell much difference (if any) over my Marantz. The
only reason I kept it was because it was a CD recorder which I
sometimes use when I dust down some old vinyl and decide I want it
'more readily available'

Cheers


See my reply to Don - when I play a CD these days (don't do it often but
I have a 'spate' from time to time) I do so on a Pioneer DVD player
which doubles up for movies (unsurprisingly). If anyone asked me what
was the *best* player I have here I would have to say there's really no
difference between them but, for some strange reason, I always find the
Panasonic DMR-ES15 DVD Single Disc Recorder particularly pleasing to
use - maybe it's the superquick drawer...??

(Usually, if a bit of kit stands out above the others it's because it's
a little bit louder!! :-)

"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Dr Hfuhruhurr" wrote in message
ups.com...
On 3 Oct, 13:16, "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....

Thats very interesting. Thanks for the detailed reply Keith.
I myself have a Liteon DVD/HDD doing the CD player MP3 stuff and I
really couldn't tell much difference (if any) over my Marantz. The
only reason I kept it was because it was a CD recorder which I
sometimes use when I dust down some old vinyl and decide I want it
'more readily available'

Cheers


See my reply to Don - when I play a CD these days (don't do it often but I
have a 'spate' from time to time) I do so on a Pioneer DVD player which
doubles up for movies (unsurprisingly). If anyone asked me what was the
*best* player I have here I would have to say there's really no difference
between them but, for some strange reason, I always find the Panasonic
DMR-ES15 DVD Single Disc Recorder particularly pleasing to use - maybe
it's the superquick drawer...??

(Usually, if a bit of kit stands out above the others it's because it's a
little bit louder!! :-)

One CD player (or indeed any item of equipment) can be preferred over
another for many reasons which have nothing to do with audio performance:-

One player may have a more satisfying open/close mechanism, another may have
button with a better feel, another again may operate faster....lots of
reasons for preferring one player (and paying a premium for) over another.
In my case, if I had to replace my Meridian 206, I would choose another
Meridian for no better reason than to keep the overall system remote control
the same, and not have to have a second unit.

S.



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