£600+ CD Player upgrade

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I started this thread over on HFC and thought I'd try my luck over here too. Aplogies to anyone who has already read it. (And thanks for your replies Tone!)
I have about £600 to upgrade my front end. Looking for more depth, clarity, soundstage and general impact.
So do I sell my marantz and DAC and buy a new integrated (considering Primare 30.2, Copland 822, Arcam cd23 - all second hand) or sell the Marantz and get a new Transport (Again second hand - considering Meridian 500, Audionote Zero, Tag CDt20r etc.) OR, pay to get my Marantz modded with a Superclock and Digital output board (Can't do it myself!)
All input gratefully received.

Cheers, Liam.:)
 
Originally posted by liamjf
I started this thread over on HFC and thought I'd try my luck over here too. Aplogies to anyone who has already read it. (And thanks for your replies Tone!)
I have about £600 to upgrade my front end. Looking for more depth, clarity, soundstage and general impact.
So do I sell my marantz and DAC and buy a new integrated (considering Primare 30.2, Copland 822, Arcam cd23 - all second hand) or sell the Marantz and get a new Transport (Again second hand - considering Meridian 500, Audionote Zero, Tag CDt20r etc.) OR, pay to get my Marantz modded with a Superclock and Digital output board (Can't do it myself!)
All input gratefully received.

Cheers, Liam.:)
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''Sideshow bob'' (ian) has just bought and tried many CDPS at your price range - why not drop him a PM?


Cheers
Chris
 
You could of course pop up and see me with the gear and I'd be happy to mod it for you,

£300 should be enough to transform your cdp and DAC beyond your wildest expectations [maybe !].
 
Zanesh, have you done any side by side comparisons as to which is better - a £500 CDP with £300 worth of mods or say a £1000 int CDP?

Liam.
 
Re: Re: £600+ CD Player upgrade

Originally posted by bottleneck
''Sideshow bob'' (ian) has just bought and tried many CDPS at your price range - why not drop him a PM?


Cheers
Chris
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Full gory details here:

https://www.audio-forums.com/as-rediect/showthread.php?s=&threadid=891

Short story: the Sonneteer Byron (£900 new) comfortably beat everything else and is very nice indeed. They have a cheaper player, the Bronte (£700) which I haven't heard, but should be worth a listen. I ended up breaking the budget to get the Byron, and it was worth it.

-- Ian
 
Originally posted by The Devil
Try a Mana rack.
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Try a Mana rack. Also try a very thick kettle lead, some foo foo chamois, and connect a high precision alarm clock to the digital outputs.
 
Originally posted by The Devil
Whatever.
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Whatever what James:confused:

You should know that whilst I do not own any Mana these days, I do have the kettle leads and foo foo chamois (although you need WM for the Clock). It can be clinically proven that I beleive that these elements all aid my system;)
 
Foo foo is a cloth used for removing the poo poo from the mains supply James.

Originally used for cleaning the crud from early steam engine's boilers, it was widely acknowledged that foo foo removed the poo poo from your choo choo. Or is it just Voodoo:confused:
 
Originally posted by merlin
Foo foo is a cloth used for removing the poo poo from the mains supply James.

Originally used for cleaning the crud from early steam engine's boilers, it was widely acknowledged that foo foo removed the poo poo from your choo choo. Or is it just Voodoo:confused:
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Voodoo no need foo foo to remove poo poo from his choo choo :D !
I use the loo loo for that :MILD: .
 
Is this the moment to say that I've a Meridian 200 CD transport with one or other of the Meridian 203 or the Meridian 606 DAC to sell?

The Meridian 200/203 combo sounds good, the Meridian 200/606 sounds better.

All were acquired second-hand recently as part of upgraditis (resulting in me securing and wanting to keep the Meridian 602 transport and the AS Dax Decade). All are in good condition; the 200 & 203 have boxes. Reasonable offers sought. Collection preferred, or buyer pays carriage.
 
Well views are quite even so far. There are currently 4 Meridian 500 transports on Ebay - Anyone know why? Anyway I'm definately flogging everything and getting the Copland or Primare or the Sonetter, or getting a meridian transport or a tag transport or a trichord transport (and a new Digital I/C), or getting Zanesh to mod my Marantz :confused: :rolleyes: ...or maybe....
 
Originally posted by liamjf
Well views are quite even so far. There are currently 4 Meridian 500 transports on Ebay - Anyone know why?
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Haven't Meridian just released a new range? The "G" series. First new range in over 10 years. Maybe people are making way for the new gear.
 

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