Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners NAD Cd Players

NAD makes quality audio gear.

But if I were you, I would consider this divine lil' box to play yer fuzzy warbles with.

http://www.amazon.com/OPPO-BDP-83-Blu-ra...d=1ZK3A8D7E89JE

I'm hoping to get one of these from Santa this X-Mas.

The ES series is awhole different build quality, much more like other good consumer electronics not the cheap knock off stuff. Even the ES series receivers are pretty well rated.

I know of many people that have had decent luck with Sony but I also know many that have had issues of one type or another. The 2 I have tried couldn't read a marginally scratched disc that I was able to play on the 2 other players I own.

I have and found the analog to sound slightly less 'bright' than the digital connection. I felt the highs and sibilance were less with the analog connection but it could have been psychosomatic, I have no way of proving nor disproving and certainly no way to measure the FR.

thank you jakewash.

I had a NAD at one time. I owned it before digital connections existed so it had analogue outs only. I thought it was a fine player with a really a good sounding DAC. It had a really smooth and solid sound.

As the others have pointed out, the CD player makes less of a difference with modern gear because the digital to analogue conversion usually happens in your receiver if you connect with spidf, coax or hdmi.

I agree with audiosavant that the Oppo is a better solution than a dedicated CD player. It plays CD's, SACD's, Blu-rays and DVD's and does it all well for not much more money than a NAD.

I purchased an NAD CD player, and receiver in 1989, and they are both still working fine - hooked to my Axiom AX3's