After in-home demos of the Jolida and Cary tube ouput cd players and hi-fi shop demos of the Shanling and Musical Fidelity tube output cd players, I opted for an Arcam CD36 solid state player for my system cd player upgrade.
Initially, I was very enamored with the warm sound and centered soundstages of the various tube cd players. Over time, however, I found that the tube players lacked the full detail, superior dynamics and better lower end of various solid state cd players; particularly a number of British-made players by Linn, Meridian and Arcam.
The rush back to tubes is certainly an interesting audiophile phenomena. I did really enjoy a number of 2 channel tube preamplifiers, which to my ears, made the music sound warmer without degradation of detail and bass, than did several of the tube cd players.I know that many of you feel the opposite based upon recent tube cd player purchase, but there are ust my thoughts on the subject after numerous hours and time spent demoing tube and ss players in various listening environments.
Stan
Initially, I was very enamored with the warm sound and centered soundstages of the various tube cd players. Over time, however, I found that the tube players lacked the full detail, superior dynamics and better lower end of various solid state cd players; particularly a number of British-made players by Linn, Meridian and Arcam.
The rush back to tubes is certainly an interesting audiophile phenomena. I did really enjoy a number of 2 channel tube preamplifiers, which to my ears, made the music sound warmer without degradation of detail and bass, than did several of the tube cd players.I know that many of you feel the opposite based upon recent tube cd player purchase, but there are ust my thoughts on the subject after numerous hours and time spent demoing tube and ss players in various listening environments.
Stan
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