o o o just bought a studer d730

[taylor]

So, you've told us that you've got a good deal on it, but how much did it cost?

 

[19lexicon78]

well,

the previous one went for 3000 euro, that one was in excellent condition. mine, it already arrived, was perhaps in a less condition but still very good. i've paid 1450 euro..so, it's a bargain..

i've listened to the studer for many hours now..i think because of my cheap 5 euro interconnect, there are a few improvements..i must admit from a ms-1 to a baby O was a much larger difference. perhaps my cheap 5 euro cable is the bottleneck..
listening to my crappy old amp and speakers, there is much improvement. more detailled and giving a sharper "image".
i want to know what this cd-player can, connecting my baby O with cardas gol. ref.
because this is my first real high-end cd-player i can't compare it to others..i wish i could, than i really know the worth of it..to bad

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[19lexicon78]

memepool, you know a lot of it..
are you in the music-business?
Did/Can you compare it to other players?

 

[memepool]

Yes I do work in broadcasting. I have heard the Studer machines in studios but this is not a fair comparison as a treated room sounds completely different to a real world listening room. The best machine I have heard in real world settings other than the Studer A727 is the Marantz CD94/DAC94. Some of the B&O machines like the Beogram CD 5500 also sound very good. This is not surprising since as I said these machines all share multi -bit high end components of a similar vintage. Going back further the Marantz CD 84 and CD 63 are lovely as is the first B&O CD player.
I listened to a lot of CD players recently in shop demo's and was quite disappointed by the new Mission and the Shanling. I liked the new Naim but found the "puck" idea rather annoying.
All in all it's very difficult to make valid comparisons though as you need to hear the machines through the same ancillaries.
Moreover these ancilliaries need to be of a high enough standard not to mask the differences between players. You need a high end system with very monitor-like speakers in order to hear the differences starkly.

 

[19lexicon78]

perhaps some of you know the price difference of the studer d730.
i've read in several japanese sites that this cdp went for +/-1,200,000 Yen in 1993. In europe it went for half the price, +/- 4500 euro. strange

 

[John Buchanan]

It would be interesting to pull an LHH 2000 apart and see if they differ internally from a D or A730. It almost looks like Studer turned the DAC through 90 degrees and stuck it on the back of the CDP and worked from there. Were the LHH 2000 one (like the D730) or multibit (like the A730) designs?
I have a D730 and it's wonderful. It's connected to a Stax SRM 1 Mk 2 Pro and on to either Stax Sigma or Stax Lambda Nova Signatures.

 

[19lexicon78]

if you are a diy-person. there is a thread about improvements about the d730
see: diyaudio forums

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showt...175&highlight=

otherwise use the search function