Andy Anderson
Second Unit
- Joined
- Dec 11, 2001
- Messages
- 317
Hi guys--
Okay, a DVD player really isn't the proper tool for listening to 2 channel stuff--I've tried and tried, but my Panny CP-72 just accesses data way too slowly for me, and has a NIGHTMARISH user interface. It's almost a joke, how horrible the usability of this unit is. In its defense, though--it displays a beautiful progressive scan picture, and has to be the cheapest DVD player with the Sage/Faroudja chip in it.
Anyway, it's probably a good idea for me to pick up a great CD player. I'm not worried about SACD (or DVD-A, for that matter) so I'm just looking at plain-jane 2 channel reproduction. It's necessary that it be able to play CD's and CD-R's, however. I don't care about MP3 or WMA (the CP-72 will handle that stuff).
Any suggestions? Price point I'd say is under $500 or so--this can be stretched if I'm particularly blown away. I want to stay away from modded units or those with analog gain-stages...I'll be putting together a dedicated analog 2 channel system together in a couple of years. I'll look at those then.
My system? Well I'm glad you asked:
the parts that matter for 2-ch
Marantz SR7000
B&W 603 S2 Mains
SVS CS-Ultra Sub (when I'm not using Marantz's full range "Source Direct")
the rest, for those interested:
B&W 602 S2 Rears
B&W LCR6 S2 Center
Toshiba 42HDX82 RPTV
Hughes E86 (HDTV STB)
Panasonic CP-72 DVD
JVS SVHS VCR (Model # escapes me)
Xbox
Thanks in advance, y'all!
Andy
Okay, a DVD player really isn't the proper tool for listening to 2 channel stuff--I've tried and tried, but my Panny CP-72 just accesses data way too slowly for me, and has a NIGHTMARISH user interface. It's almost a joke, how horrible the usability of this unit is. In its defense, though--it displays a beautiful progressive scan picture, and has to be the cheapest DVD player with the Sage/Faroudja chip in it.
Anyway, it's probably a good idea for me to pick up a great CD player. I'm not worried about SACD (or DVD-A, for that matter) so I'm just looking at plain-jane 2 channel reproduction. It's necessary that it be able to play CD's and CD-R's, however. I don't care about MP3 or WMA (the CP-72 will handle that stuff).
Any suggestions? Price point I'd say is under $500 or so--this can be stretched if I'm particularly blown away. I want to stay away from modded units or those with analog gain-stages...I'll be putting together a dedicated analog 2 channel system together in a couple of years. I'll look at those then.
My system? Well I'm glad you asked:
the parts that matter for 2-ch
Marantz SR7000
B&W 603 S2 Mains
SVS CS-Ultra Sub (when I'm not using Marantz's full range "Source Direct")
the rest, for those interested:
B&W 602 S2 Rears
B&W LCR6 S2 Center
Toshiba 42HDX82 RPTV
Hughes E86 (HDTV STB)
Panasonic CP-72 DVD
JVS SVHS VCR (Model # escapes me)
Xbox
Thanks in advance, y'all!
Andy