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Re: NAD Cd Players
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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.
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." ---Frank Zappa
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Re: NAD Cd Players
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Joined: Dec 2003
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I've had my Sony ES cd player for 6 years or better, no problems at all. My older Sony player is in my sons room and still working good. I've had good luck with Sony players.
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.
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Re: NAD Cd Players
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Joined: Dec 2003
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I always use a digital audio cable either coaxial or optical (toslink). I have never experimented between analog and digital connections with a cd player
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.
Jason M80 v2 VP160 v3 QS8 v2 PB13 Ultra Denon 3808 Samsung 85" Q70
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Re: NAD Cd Players
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Re: NAD Cd Players
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Joined: Aug 2009
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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.
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Re: NAD Cd Players
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I purchased an NAD CD player, and receiver in 1989, and they are both still working fine - hooked to my Axiom AX3's
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