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Hi All,
I know that my aging Marantz is not the best player on the block, with its high jitter rate, old Philips load mechanism etc etc. And the longer that time goes by the more I realise that its probably time for an upgrade...
To which end, I can go up to around about $500 but with some very strange requirements...
This player can sound totally abismal for all I care through its line outs, because I won't be using them... instead going via my Cambridge Audio DAC...
I do NOT want an SPDIF digital output, i'd prefer a BNC digital output, if not co-axial will suffice.
I would like as little jitter as possible
and... (I don't even know if this is possible, but more of a gadget than a neccesity) a variable digital volume control (to the DAC)
I know its been mentioned before that I could mod my CD63SE, but its too old, and i'm too unknowledgable with electronics to attempt that... so new player recommendations only please
...finally, in an ideal world I'd like to keep it two box, because I like the sound that I get from my DAC, but if there is an unbelievably good sounding one box solution out on the market at the moment... for no more than $500... I might be tempted
Thanks
I know that my aging Marantz is not the best player on the block, with its high jitter rate, old Philips load mechanism etc etc. And the longer that time goes by the more I realise that its probably time for an upgrade...
To which end, I can go up to around about $500 but with some very strange requirements...
This player can sound totally abismal for all I care through its line outs, because I won't be using them... instead going via my Cambridge Audio DAC...
I do NOT want an SPDIF digital output, i'd prefer a BNC digital output, if not co-axial will suffice.
I would like as little jitter as possible
and... (I don't even know if this is possible, but more of a gadget than a neccesity) a variable digital volume control (to the DAC)
I know its been mentioned before that I could mod my CD63SE, but its too old, and i'm too unknowledgable with electronics to attempt that... so new player recommendations only please
...finally, in an ideal world I'd like to keep it two box, because I like the sound that I get from my DAC, but if there is an unbelievably good sounding one box solution out on the market at the moment... for no more than $500... I might be tempted
Thanks