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In Reply to: what is a step up from 12 year old cdp? posted by jarquest on August 13, 2005 at 14:36:06:
I think you can do a lot better than your Marantz. I have a Marantz 53 gathering dust because of its sound, and it's difficult to believe that the 54 was a quantum step up from that. I also have a Marantz DR700 CD recorder that doesn't have the playback quality that several other of my players do.My preference is Arcam. There were several good used Arcams at Audiogon this morning. I also have a Creek CD 60 that is excellent. Audiogon had a Heart 6000, a tube machine that has gotten high marks. I believe it's adapted from a Marantz chassis. There was also a Jolida JD-601a, which is supposed to sound good but some research might be warranted about it's reliability. There was a very good deal on an Arcam 73T way back in the Audiogon listings. I have an Arcam 7 that runs circles around either Marantz and the 73 is supposed to be even better. Jeff's Sound Values also had a good deal on an Arcam 72.
My point is that for $500 you can definitely do better than your Marantz. I'm not sure about that in the new market, although there is a chance. But in the used market you can take a step, or more, up.
Good luck.
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