Having always been a late adopter of new technologies ( took me 10 years from CD's introduction to take the plunge & even then I hated what I heard) I've gotten myself in a puzzling situation. I'm over the moon with my Meridian 808.2 CD player but having just been exposed to SACD/DVD-A etc on a friends system I now want to start putting my foot into the higher bit-rate ocean. So, I don't need a player that produces eye-candy of performs well on CD but one that does the higher definition formats as good as can be had for up to $10,000 (Australian) The player I heard at my friends was a Marantz which I think from memory cost him about $3000. Can't remember the model number and he's in Europe somewhere & cant be contacted.
My listening preferences are mainly classical with the odd bit of other kinds thrown in but none of it at very high volumes.
Other gear is as follows :-V.P.I Synchronous Drive System: V.P.I. HRX turntable: JMW 12.4 arms x 2 ( cartridges pre-mounted) resting on heavy slate on top of Soundesign damped steel rack standing on a stone floor: Garrot
Having always been a late adopter of new technologies ( took me 10 years from CD's introduction to take the plunge & even then I hated what I heard) I've gotten myself in a puzzling situation. I'm over the moon with my Meridian 808.2 CD player but having just been exposed to SACD/DVD-A etc on a friends system I now want to start putting my foot into the higher bit-rate ocean. So, I don't need a player that produces eye-candy of performs well on CD but one that does the higher definition formats as good as can be had for up to $10,000 (Australian) The player I heard at my friends was a Marantz which I think from memory cost him about $3000. Can't remember the model number and he's in Europe somewhere & cant be contacted.
My listening preferences are mainly classical with the odd bit of other kinds thrown in but none of it at very high volumes.
Other gear is as follows :-V.P.I Synchronous Drive System: V.P.I. HRX turntable: JMW 12.4 arms x 2 ( cartridges pre-mounted) resting on heavy slate on top of Soundesign damped steel rack standing on a stone floor: Garrot