

That difference is repeatedly felt before the music begins, continues while listening, beefs up when turning the beauty off.ġst: Massive Onkyo with dual burr brown processors, single play, substantial build & spinner Helping several wealthy clients select equipment years back, I realized, aside from performance, you have to LIKE/LOVE a piece of equipment EVERY time you turn it on.

player from Walmart! Less 'great' content (most), quite enjoyable: good, better, best player isn't going to make the experience any better IMO. I stopped buying them.įor me: It's the content: the musicians, songwriting, talents, great recording engineers that are worth listening to, those discs sound great on a $35. But the difference I hear is in the quiet passages, extremely low noise, I came to feel an unnaturally quiet background. SACD/CD: I hear differences in SACD/CD versions, always have, with any player. I'm content to know I tried for 'better' CD, again, but in the end: not really worth it. Was it worth it? Hear Differences? Differences, if heard, matter? New interconnect cables direct to Integrated Amp. My Onkyo did that, but with two sets of outputs: fixed jacks and variable jacks, not a menu choice.

It also has optional volume settings: fixed, preamp or amp changes the volume OR, it has remote volume itself. it has 'Pure Audio' mode (all video functions are 'out', including the display). I researched, asked for help here, decided to go for an OPPO 105 Blu-Ray player. The opposite of re-discovering LP's after years of CD's. While my TT was temporarily down, I re-discovered my best/favorite CD's and SACD's. I re-visited my: Main Office Garage/Shop systems. Within the last 2 years: Cooped up with Covid Inherited Some Money and 4,000 lps SS back to Tubes Buying LP's again Wife retired, listening together Selling LP's on eBay I ain't deaf yet: I hear differences, prefer LP to CD, prefer R2R tape to LP prefer Tube to SS. Anyone have experience with these players? Any other suggestions? smooth, natural, musical, holographic image, but light on dynamics and soundstage. I have identified a few different used players that seem to check the short list boxes: Audio Research cd 7 SE, Ayon cd10 Signature II Ultimate, Ayon cd35 Signature I and Luxmanĭ-06u. at my age presumably the last I will own. As I have an extensive CD collection, this set me off to evaluate a new CD player for my system. I am not sure I would say it was better but it was different and in a very good way. I recently had the opportunity to listen to a “new generation” CD player on a friends system. I figured that most of these were flat earthers. I did notice that lately, a number of posters have been claiming that CD is “better” than streaming. Overall, I have been happy with this decision. When my last CD player fell of its perch, I move to streaming audio. All this adds up to a player that, like your CD collection, will be around for a long time to come.I like my vinyl but digital has its own set of benefits. The three-stage dimmer function, gold-plated audio terminals, and headphone amplifier differential circuitry offer further evidence of Onkyos attention to detail. It also connects to your iPod��/iPhone�� via the USB port, and plays music straight off a USB thumb drive. Naturally, the C-7070 plays audio discs or CD-R/CD-RWs and your favorite MP3/WMA compilation CDs. These improvements all but eliminate noise from the source, meaning your music will sound clearer than ever. In addition, the electrical system benefits from a precision clock, a pair of Wolfson�� 192 kHz/24-bit DACsone for each channeland Onkyos DIDRC (Dynamic Intermodulation Distortion Reduction Circuitry). The unit is strengthened with vibration-damping machined-brass legs, a 1/16" (1.6 mm) thick flat-base chassis, an aluminum CD tray with silent mechanism, a full-floating circuit board, and a handsome aluminum front panel. For 2011, the C-7070 is an extremely versatile and sophisticated piece of audio equipment. Its difficult to imagine how you could improve the humble CD player, but Onkyos engineering team had plenty of inspiration.
