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Sounds like cd player snake oil to me.
I'm the first to debunk a charlatan when I see one, but some people prefer a warm tube sound (much like some people prefer vinyl to CD or film to video)
I haven't thoroughly researched the topic - but it seems that the manufacturer buys up some other manufacturers' stock, replaces the solid state output stage with tubes, rebrands them and sells them. Not sure if this is legal (if in fact that's what he's doing).
Anyway, in the end, you should have a warmer sound (assuming you use the analog outs) at the expense of all the drawbacks of tubes (which we've been through a few times here already).
Bren R.
