I tried to buy one of those for awhile but ultimately got a new Marantz ND8006, which is a nice CD Player and nicer DAC/Streamer when I couldn’t find a great one. I did however buy a Sony ES old catalog off eBay like I used to have. Nice to look at those beautiful catalogs.

So awesome! I’ll have to search Craigslist!

Love that you replied with new info more than 6 years later. 👍

That’s a ways from my #539 I guess!

Those things are really awesome. I think my Triple Stack hits better performance (later models) in conversation when I bought the kit from HR, but I haven’t heard that unit. I’d love to. I almost bought a nice example on eBay a few years ago but couldn’t figure out where to put it. Do you have...

I see it, and yes, I use my Headroom Balanced Triple Stack with the Desktop Power Supply. It’s still amazing! It’s great to hear your stories :)

Thanks! That's great that it works. Have you tried a higher DSD level than that?

Has anyone tried or purchased one of these good-looking DAC/Streamer/CD Players? Marantz Link. My DAC is old, and this one seems to be pretty terrific with up to DSD 11.2 MHz at reasonable prices with additional features for streaming including AirPlay 2 and most services as well as serving as...

DSD is in the specs, but does anyone know what level of DSD files this unit can handle? I don't own any DSD files now (just up to 24/192) and I was curious to buy some but didn't want to buy above the capability of the unit. Thanks!

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Ha, love it. Yeah. I just wish some of this old stuff was so much cheaper now.

Thanks for your thoughts. You’re totally right. I wonder if any CD players might ever have appreciating value - probably not generally. The parts issue is a key one. I do indeed go lossless for most listening through my computer. :)

The last post here was more than FIFTEEN years ago, but I was curious of what you think about this unit today. I no longer have a great CD player and honestly use lossless or high-res files on a computer with my rig. I was thinking of getting a player that would be enjoyable to use and retain...

Will keep you posted! It’s very clear that some of the results aren’t what we were expecting, but I do know that this business and any others making products like this is putting a massive amount of time and resources into developing them for our community. Since starting this thread, I’ve seen...

I'm not ready to write it off just yet because CEntrance is surprised by results when of course they've tested it too. There are some possibilities beyond the possibility that it's just not as strong of a product as planned: 1. My unit just is defective. Hey that wouldn't be cool, but stuff...

Just public service as others were interested. I also thought it might help appreciation of the product more because CEntrance spent a long time making a product to be a flagship and I thought it would test well. I want my equipment to reproduce what was intended, and I’m interested in learning...

I heard back from CEntrance, they of course feel he didn’t spend time to understand the product, which I totally agree with. I am excited to have the unit based on the design. They did want to see the unit based on some of the values Amir recorded. I’m going to have it shipped back to CEntrance...

So, he didn’t like it: Audio Science Review. I can’t speak to the measurements, but I think his design concerns are subjective.I like the design and think it makes sense to make it difficult to accidentally switch things that you aren’t often going to want to adjust. I will ask CEntrance their...

Audio Science Review is coming tomorrow! I’m excited to get my unit back after a month out there in queue for testing.

It's traveled across the country and is in Amir's hands!

Shipped off for analysis! Be safe, little guy!

Thanks! I’ll try to ship it out in the next couple of days. While I have it, this is wild: Uh, where’s the signal or power cable?

He's interested. I guess I'm gonna give it up for 4 weeks…

I'll let you know if he's interested!

I’ve seen that work and was thinking about it. You spurred me to I PM him and offer to send the new unit and a HiFi M8 V1 as a bonus.