looking for a good Source Player

Jhayman
Jhayman Posts: 1,548
edited March 2013 in Electronics
I can pick up a used Cambridge Audio DVD99 Player for $150
Just looking for opinions on this player as a Strictly for playing SACD and CD's maybe the occasional DVD..
I already have a Blu-ray player but I'm not happy with it's Musical CD performance..
Thanks
ATC SCM40's,VTL TL 2.5 Preamp,PSB Stratus Goldi's,McCormack DNA 500,McCormack MAP-1 Preamp,Pro-Ject Xtension 10 TT,Ortofon Cadenza Red/Nordost RedDawn LS Speaker cables, Bryston BDP-2, Bryston BDA-2,PS Audio AC-3 power cables
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  • Jhayman
    Jhayman Posts: 1,548
    edited March 2013
    Well I bought it anyway based on the reviews regarding its DVD-Audio and SACD Quality..
    I noticed an immediate improvement over my Panasonic Bluray player..which was my goal anyway.
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    ATC SCM40's,VTL TL 2.5 Preamp,PSB Stratus Goldi's,McCormack DNA 500,McCormack MAP-1 Preamp,Pro-Ject Xtension 10 TT,Ortofon Cadenza Red/Nordost RedDawn LS Speaker cables, Bryston BDP-2, Bryston BDA-2,PS Audio AC-3 power cables
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited March 2013
    Cambridge makes some good stuff. Panasonic makes some good video players but were never really up on the cd/scad quality. I am glad you noticed a difference!!!!
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  • Jhayman
    Jhayman Posts: 1,548
    edited March 2013
    Thanks Erniejade..
    After a few days of listening to cd's I can say I really like the sound of this Cambridge DVD99
    The sound is just very nice everything seems easier to listen to, I'm not good at describing what I hear, but I do like what I'm hearing now..
    As opposed to the Panasonic player, one thing I never tried was to use rca's on the Panny instead of listening to it using HDMI..
    I'm not even sure of the hook ups on the Panny, oh well maybe another day..
    ATC SCM40's,VTL TL 2.5 Preamp,PSB Stratus Goldi's,McCormack DNA 500,McCormack MAP-1 Preamp,Pro-Ject Xtension 10 TT,Ortofon Cadenza Red/Nordost RedDawn LS Speaker cables, Bryston BDP-2, Bryston BDA-2,PS Audio AC-3 power cables
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  • jumpindick
    jumpindick Posts: 428
    edited March 2013
    Good buy, Cambridge audio has some great equipments. I have the same player and love it.
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