Nak Man
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Honestly I think you'll have more difficult time differentiating 'oompf' between cdps than between amps. Even for a longer run comparison, more likely you'll notice smoother highs or better 'coherency' of music with your cdp of choice - but more oompf is not one of the traits that can be easily heard, as it's the amp's job to do that properly.
Interesting problem ... since my opinion is also strong against getting a better source, maybe you'd like to try your 880 on other system to pinpoint root of the problem before actually spending real money.
Unless you're dead set in getting a better cdp - in which I agree that you will get quite noticable sonic improvement from your sony. As I said my preference is on Rotel and then NAD. Can you get Rega cdp over there ?
Originally Posted by Dr.Vencman Me and my stupid crappy source. |
Honestly I think you'll have more difficult time differentiating 'oompf' between cdps than between amps. Even for a longer run comparison, more likely you'll notice smoother highs or better 'coherency' of music with your cdp of choice - but more oompf is not one of the traits that can be easily heard, as it's the amp's job to do that properly.
Interesting problem ... since my opinion is also strong against getting a better source, maybe you'd like to try your 880 on other system to pinpoint root of the problem before actually spending real money.
Unless you're dead set in getting a better cdp - in which I agree that you will get quite noticable sonic improvement from your sony. As I said my preference is on Rotel and then NAD. Can you get Rega cdp over there ?