preparing a poll on best CD players under 1k

Norm Apter
Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
edited August 2008 in 2 Channel Audio
OK, so what I'd like to do is conduct a poll on best CDP that retail new for less than 1k (much like SteveinAz polls on interconnects and speakers cables)

But before I put the poll together, I'd like to compile a list of candidates. I will definately be putting these three in the list of contenders:
a) Rotel 1072
b) Cambridge Audio 640 v2
c) Rega Planet

Please let me know of other contenders that should be put into this poll. (I believe that I can have a total of up to 10 (???). SS and Tube (though I don't know if any tube players retail for less than 1k new) are both OK.

While I do plan to buy used eventually, I thought setting the new price perimeter at 1k or under was the easiest way to come up with a target list.

Norm
2 Ch.
Parasound Halo A23 Amp
Parasound Halo P3 Preamp
Parasound Halo T3 Tuner
Bada HD22SE tube CD Player
Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth
Magnum Dynalab ST-2 antenna
polkaudio Lsi9s (upgraded cross-overs)
MIT Shotgun S-3 Bi-wire Interface Speaker Cables
MIT Shotgun S-3 Interconnects (3)
IegO L70530 Power cords (3)

HT
Denon 2808ci AVR
polkaudio RTi A5s (fronts)
polkaudio RTi A1s (rears)
polkaudio Csi A6 (center)
Signal Cable Ultra Speaker Cables
Signal Cable Analog II Interconnects
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited August 2008
    You don't need no stink'in poll. Just buy a Jolida 100 CDP if you like playing with tubes, or a Rotel RCD-1072 if you don't.
    DKG999
    HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED

    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,029
    edited August 2008
    Add the Rega Apollo to your list if the first post doesn't answer your question.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • satire
    satire Posts: 11
    edited August 2008
    Onkyo DX-7555
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  • tryrrthg
    tryrrthg Posts: 1,896
    edited August 2008
    Arcam CD73 is very good.
    Sony KDL-40V2500 HDTV, Rotel RSX-1067 Receiver, Sony BDP-S550 Blu-ray, Slim Devices Squeezebox, Polk RTi6, CSi3 & R15, DIY sub with Atlas 15
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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited August 2008
    dkg999 wrote: »
    You don't need no stink'in poll. Just buy a Jolida 100 CDP if you like playing with tubes, or a Rotel RCD-1072 if you don't.



    What he said......
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2008
    Ah! Njoe Toeb
    Marantz (pick one)
    NAD 541
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2008
    Marantz SA-8001.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited August 2008
    Ah! 4000
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2008
    Don't over think it; just go and buy something, used. Listen for a while, if you like it you keep it, if you don't you buy something else. The beauty of buying used is that you can sell for about the same, sometimes more.
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited August 2008
    +1 on the Arcam
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    2 CH
    Parasound Halo P3, Parasound Halo A21, Sutherland Ph.D, VPI Classic 3 w/ 3D arm & Soundsmith Aida Cartridge, Arcam CD72T, B&W 802 S3, Monster HTS2500,
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited August 2008
    I would also add the Consonance cd120 linear in there as well. Just seems to do everything right by my ears. I prefer it over the jolida myself. It isn't as heavy a hitter as the jolida but it is much smoother and more amalogue sounding. It also has excellent separation of instruments for an inexpensive player.

    Good luck,
    Mike
    Modwright SWL 9.0 SE (6Sons Audio Thunderbird PC with Oyaide 004 terminations)
    Consonance cd120T
    Consonance Cyber 800 tube monoblocks (6Sons Audio Thunderbird PC's with Oyaide 004 terminations)
    Usher CP 6311

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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited August 2008
    Jolida JD100 with EI Gold Pins.

    You can play with the tubes to tailor the sound to compliment your equipment and or room.

    Scott
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2008
    Out of everything listed here, my choice would be coin toss between the Arcam and Rotel. Just my 2 cents.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • Lowell_M
    Lowell_M Posts: 1,660
    edited August 2008
    nikolas812 wrote: »
    what he said......

    +1.........
    HT
    RTi70 mains
    CSi30 center
    RTi28 Rears
    Velodyne CHT-12
    H/K AVR-247
    ADCOM GFA-7000
    Samsung PN58B860
    Playstation 3
    2-Channel
    Polk Audio LSi15's
    Rotel RCD-1072
    Nakamichi CA-5 Pre
    ADCOM GFA-555
    Signal Cable Analog II IC's
    Signal Ultra Bi-Wire Speaker Cables
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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited August 2008
    Thanks for the responses thusfar. I'm still going to give a little more time for folks to chime in before I put it together. Maybe I don't really need a poll, as some have indicated, but I'm going to go ahead and make one so as to give as many people as possible the chance to give their input. Then, after voting, they can provide additional commentary, if they like (especially, they have directly compared any of the models on the list and what their impressions are).
    2 Ch.
    Parasound Halo A23 Amp
    Parasound Halo P3 Preamp
    Parasound Halo T3 Tuner
    Bada HD22SE tube CD Player
    Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth
    Magnum Dynalab ST-2 antenna
    polkaudio Lsi9s (upgraded cross-overs)
    MIT Shotgun S-3 Bi-wire Interface Speaker Cables
    MIT Shotgun S-3 Interconnects (3)
    IegO L70530 Power cords (3)

    HT
    Denon 2808ci AVR
    polkaudio RTi A5s (fronts)
    polkaudio RTi A1s (rears)
    polkaudio Csi A6 (center)
    Signal Cable Ultra Speaker Cables
    Signal Cable Analog II Interconnects
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2008
    Maybe you should do a poll to see which ones to include. :)

    I'm not sure what I'd get but the Jolida would be high on the list.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited August 2008
    Actually, you couldn't go wrong with anything listed thus far...
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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