I finally got a real CD player

stuwee
stuwee Posts: 1,508
edited July 2011 in 2 Channel Audio
an Onix CD-2, which IIRC is a reworked MBL unit marketed by AV123, very pretty, looks like a MBL black acyrlic face with gold buttons. It's replacing a Panasonic DVD F61A which plays DVD/CD's, this rig is a Huge improvment, I'm listening to all my redbooks all over again, unfortunately my trusty Marantz 2270 dropped a channel during the test and I had to switch to my Yamaha CX-600U pre.

Amp is a Yammie MX-800U, speaks are Martin Logan Sequel's and JBL L-56's

I'm having alot of fun :biggrin:

The 1st pic is a factory MBL shot
The middle to are my humble set-ups
The last is the Onix at CES when it debuted
Thorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2011
    nice,, and BTW-- nice RTR too
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2011
    Looks nice. Also like the JBL Monitors?

    Is the Onix a tube stage CDP? I'm assuming yes?

    Enjoy!

    cnh
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    edited July 2011
    no tubes
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited July 2011
    NICE! Just in time for those Springsteen shows i'm making you.
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited July 2011
    brgman wrote: »
    NICE! Just in time for those Springsteen shows i'm making you.

    Right On Mike!! Gonna be sweeeet!

    to the other complement on the RtR...
    The RtR in the 3rd pic is a Fostex E-2, I got for free, rescued from a local radio station along with those JBL's, twas a great day :smile:

    Unless you meant the little guy in the second pic, that's a Teac X-3
    Thorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's
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  • unbridled_id
    unbridled_id Posts: 179
    edited July 2011
    I used to own that cdp, and now my brother has it. I purchased it from AV123 for a nice price. It is built like a tank and looks beautiful. It has a nice transport and they didn't skimp on the parts inside. The remote could if wielded correctly easily give a man a concussion...

    I included a pic of the guts...
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited July 2011
    stuwee wrote: »
    an Onix CD-2, which IIRC is a reworked MBL unit marketed by AV123.....

    I wouldn't believe a word out of Mark's mouth but it's a nice player with some solid similarities. I'd like to see the guts since that would be the tell-all. Can you pop the top on it and take some pics?

    NM...just saw Unbridled's pic.
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited July 2011
    MBL sourced? kinda has a Chi Fi look to it.
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited July 2011
    unbridled_id wrote: »
    I used to own that cdp, and now my brother has it. I purchased it from AV123 for a nice price. It is built like a tank and looks beautiful. It has a nice transport and they didn't skimp on the parts inside. The remote could if wielded correctly easily give a man a concussion...

    I included a pic of the guts...

    Awesome unbridled, that explains alot, sucker weighs 24lbs!

    New info, apparently this CD-2 I have is just a loaner tease, my guy is hot-rodding the power supply on a CD-3 for me, he knew I didn't have anything nice and sent me the 2 to tide me over :smile:, the main diff is the CD-3 has a switchable 24bit/96khz and his tests with the new power supply say it's a Huge diff in the sound quality, I can hardly wait....there might be some reworked Audio Alchemy DAC's in the future as well :biggrin: CD's are fun again, I still Love my Thorens/SME/Shure rig and my many tape decks, this is just different fun!

    Doro, I know Mark Schifter doesn't have alot of fans, but Peter Madnick, Keith Allsop and he made some really nice gear over the years. This Onix is proof enough for me. Since I have a tech who can work on this stuff, I'm fine with that, should anything happen in the future

    And unbridled I've heard about these milled from a soild chunk of aluminum remotes, I don't have one, I'll keep an eye out, thanks again for that pic!!
    Craig
    Thorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2011
    congrats on the new to you CDP.... they are always fun to get your hands on a new player... and you like the differences.
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited July 2011
    danger boy wrote: »
    congrats on the new to you CDP.... they are always fun to get your hands on a new player... and you like the differences.

    Hey Al, thanks buddy, Happy 4th to you and Rich!! :smile:
    Thorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's
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  • CoolJazz
    CoolJazz Posts: 570
    edited July 2011
    Pic #2 in the first post, that's a Directed HD radio setting on top the R-R!!

    CJ
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited July 2011
    CoolJazz wrote: »
    Pic #2 in the first post, that's a Directed HD radio setting on top the R-R!!

    CJ

    Yep, my partner is a transmitter engineer for radio and TV here in town, he keeps tabs the stations with that from the house, the speakers are crap, so he wired it to the Marantz for digital HD FM to the JBL's :biggrin:
    Thorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited July 2011
    stuwee wrote: »
    Yep, my partner is a transmitter engineer for radio and TV here in town, he keeps tabs the stations with that from the house, the speakers are crap, so he wired it to the Marantz for digital HD FM to the JBL's :biggrin:

    Does he get stuck going to Mt. Lemmon in all the snow? :biggrin:

    Wes
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited July 2011
    I-SIG wrote: »
    Does he get stuck going to Mt. Lemmon in all the snow? :biggrin:

    Wes

    Hehe, K-GUN 9 has some Ford F-350 Super Duty's to get up there, then he switches to the SnowCat to get up the hill to the towers and the transmitter buildings, he loves that SnowCat :cool:

    Yes folks, we get lot's of snow in the mountains in Tucson...the southernmost ski area in the US.
    Thorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's
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