*** CD Player Wanted***

Gents ~

I am looking for any of the following in Nice Condition ~ Preferably Silver however Black Not a deal buster !

Sony CD-X779ES or X77ES or X707ES

Sony CDP-XA7ES or Sony CDP-XA5ES

Looking at the Sony's as they have Line out Volume control for connecting direct to Amp ~ However any other Comparable CDP with this functionality considered

 

Just a word of warning, the Pioneers do this too but if you use the digital volume it output far too much voltage and was very loud. Also at their minimum volume they sound terrible.

I do believe other makes such as Wadia have a much more successful version but they're expensive.

Cheers, Tim

 

Just a word of warning, some players (I know of Marantz) when the power goes off then back on the volume resets to max, and then automatically start playing !

'Ya catch ma drift'

 

Thank you for the sage advice gents

 

I think the Quad can be used like this, and apparently sounds good too. PM zanash if he doesnt reply, or no-one else does.

Not that dear second hand

 

i second quad. i had a surprising experience when driving ATC20s directly with the older one, plain 99 CDP, though ICs can be critical. i've had good results with 3m long VDH the second.

 

The quad 99cdp2 punches well above its weight .....its dac section is very good on its own [not the very best] its preamp is also very good ...incombination its fantastic... you'd need to spend atleast another £1.5k to get all the facilities packed into this single unit in my opinion....

if your up my way give me a bell and have a listen ...

 

Thanks for the further advice Gents ~

And for your kind offer zanash , btw your serial number 1 set of Post Development Au Ag IC's are still making sweet music ~ Would love to stretch to a set of matching speaker cables some day !

 

Cheers ...I'm onto version three now if you want swap [no cost except your postage] just ask ...the new version is a little more detailed and slightly less warm.

 

What's the physical differences between them Pete?

 

The version one has the ground return spiraled up the outer ...the mk3 has both conductors held in close together in a polyurathane sleeve ...its just a more consistant construction.

 

Ta. Sorry for the hijack MooN.