List of High-End Digital Source Owners on Head-Fi Continued
Feb 9, 2011 at 9:34 PM Post #275 of 284
Sold my Cary, got an Ayon CD-5 ($9500 new).  Absolutely killing the Cary from top to bottom!  It's crazy good.  I would love to compare it to the Esoteric stack, but none around here that I know of.
 
Feb 9, 2011 at 11:15 PM Post #278 of 284


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which cary player? i some people on a'gon are selling their ayon cd-5 to purchase the new cd-5s version.



 It was a Cary 303/200, a good player but nothing like this.  I got mine used on a'gon for a pretty decent price I think.  The guy I bought from was funding an Audi RS, not a 5s.  I'm not sure the logic of selling a CD-5 to buy a 5s.  The upgrade is the DAC circuit board which can easily be installed in the 5.  I'm not sure what the price of the upgrade is but I'm sure it's much less than the discount the used players are going for on a'gon.
 
Mar 15, 2011 at 5:56 PM Post #280 of 284
My digital front end now qualifies:
 
Audio By Van Alstine Vision Hybrid DAC - $1,999 (using RCA 6CG7 tubes)
 
Oppo BDP-95 (used as transport) - $999
 
Total $2,998 (plus tubes
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Mar 16, 2011 at 4:53 PM Post #281 of 284
Ayon Skylla                                                  -     $7995
4 1991 dr 6h30                                              -     $600
Offramp4  Paul hynes reg. and special clocks  -     $1299   (USB TO i2s conversion)
Imac with upgraded 2gb hd and 8mb ram         -     $1700    (if this counts)
Total               -                                            -      $11594
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mar 19, 2011 at 9:29 AM Post #282 of 284
Laz weighs in:
 
PS Audio Lamda transport   $2000 MSRP (if my information is correct)
Sony DAS-702ES DAC      ~$1600 MSRP (hard to find info - this is my best guess)
 
Mar 19, 2011 at 9:45 AM Post #283 of 284
Not sure if OP is still updating this list, but I now have:
 
$7,295 - Sonic Frontiers SFD-2 Mk III + D2D-1
$2,000 - Hertsens Signature DAC
 
edit: MSRP on the SFD-2 Mk III is a little off: Mk II was 5295 + 1300 (for Mk III upgrade) + 700 for the Assemblage D2D-1
 

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