Category: Digital Audio/CD Players

MARANTZ SA-11S1 SUPER AUDIO CD PLAYER

December 20, 2005

MARANTZ SA-11S1 SUPER AUDIO CD PLAYER   December 2005 UNDERNEATH THAT BEAUTIFUL EXTERIOR…If you were choosing a new SACD player on looks alone, the Marantz SA-11S1 might very well be your choice. When the Japanese [Read More]

THE MAGNIFICENT C.E.C. TL-51XZ BELT DRIVE CD PLAYER

October 17, 2005

THE MAGNIFICENT C.E.C. TL-51XZ BELT DRIVE CD PLAYER   October 2005        “I attach more importance to the purity of brushstroke – I try to give it maximum purity and intensity. It is the passion [Read More]

The Music Hall Maverick SACD/CD Player

September 23, 2005

The Music Hall Maverick SACD/CD Player A Release from Music Hell    September 2005         I’ve always had high regard for Roy Hall of Music Hall. Blessed with a wry irreverence and ironic sense of [Read More]

Harmonix Reimyo CDP-777 Transport/CD Player

August 18, 2005

Harmonix Reimyo CDP-777 Transport/CD Player Rejoice! Analogue-like reproduction has finally arrived!   August 2005 My first encounter with the Reimyo CDP-777 Transport/CD Player was at the HE2004 show in New York. The Reimyo room provided [Read More]

April Music’s Stello CDT-200 CD Transport and DP-200 DAC/ Preamplifier

April 9, 2005

  The Digital Revolution Will Not be Televised           “You’ve got to be kidding me,” was all I kept saying over and over as I examined April Music’s very affordable line of Stello electronics hailing from [Read More]

Dodson Audio DA-218 24/768 Digital to Analog Converter

November 10, 2004

Dodson Audio DA-218 24/768 Digital to Analog Converter   Greg Petan November 2004 As an audiophile, I have been in a rather enviable position over the past five years. While digital technology has traveled a [Read More]

The Bel Canto DAC2

October 5, 2004

The Bel Canto DAC2 Unequivocal Saneness in a Crazy World Dan Dzuban October 2004        Sure We Have Essay CDs The state of the high-resolution audio format is best summed up by a [Read More]

The Gryphon Mikado CD Player

June 27, 2004

  A Step Further in the Right Direction Clement Perry June 2004             Mikado 1. Mi*ka*do, n.[Jap.] The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan The year was 1995. The location was Audio Arts, a long [Read More]

TEAC Esoteric P-70 CD Transport and D-70 D/A Converter

June 17, 2004

TEAC Esoteric P-70 CD Transport and D-70 D/A Converter Perfect Sound Forever Lewis Lanese June 2004       “Perfect sound forever,” or so the claim went twenty-four years ago when CD broke upon the [Read More]

APL Hi-Fi Philips SACD1000 Modification

April 30, 2004

APL Hi-Fi Philips SACD1000 Modification   April 2004 Todd Mitchell CES 2004 was a warm and fuzzy event for HDTV aficionados. After years of roadblocks, delays, stops and starts the transition from analog NTSC to [Read More]

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