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April Music Aura Note V2 CD receiver
Described by manufacturer April Music as an "all-in-one music center," the Aura Note Version 2 ($2500) is a 125Wpc integrated amplifier with a built-in CD player, USB DAC, and FM tuner. The Aura Note...
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Yamaha CD-X1 & CD-2 CD players
CD player prices continue to go down and, surprisingly, sound quality goes up; the Yamaha CD-X1 is an example of both. It's a front-drawer loader with some interesting innovations. Pushing the...
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Sony D-7S portable CD player
There's a race on between Sony and Matsushita, to determine who can build the smallest battery-operated CD player with the most features. Sony currently holds the lead with its second-generation D-7...
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Sony CDP-X77ES CD player
With Sony's latest flagship single-box player ($1700), we find yet another variant on 1-bit D/A technologyHigh Density Linear Converter, or HDLC. At the heart of this Pulse Length Modulation (footnote...
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The Mod Squad Prism II CD player
Like its Prism I predecessor, which I reviewed in May 1988, the Mod Squad Prism II is based on a Philips player: the same 16-bit, 4x-oversampling converter, the same general control layout. But The Mod...
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dCS Rossini Player & Rossini Clock
It has been 20 years since I first became aware of the British company Data Conversion Systems, which manufactures audio products under the dCS brand. Rather than use off-the-shelf conversion chips,...
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Bang & Olufsen Beogram CD-X CD player
The Danish Bang & Olufsen firm is the undisputed leader in audio when it comes to dramatic product styling and ease and versatility of use. Their designs have won more design awards than those of...
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EAR Acute Classic CD player
In Stereophile's January 2016 issue, I began a series of reviews of $10,000 CD players and transport-DAC combinations: an informal and serial survey, the goal of which was to gather, over time, the...
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NAD 5000 CD player
The $499 NAD 5000 looks nothing like most inexpensive CD players. Its plastic trim doesn't look cheap. It doesn't look expensive either, but it certainly won't be embarrassed to show its face in polite...
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NAD 5425 CD player
One of my favorite parts of writing for Stereophile is reading all the heartfelt letters our readers take the time to write me. There's nothing I like better than to kick off my boots, stretch out on...
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Sony CDP-R1/DAS-R1 CD player
Two of the most cherished terms in the lexicon of high end are "no holds barred" and "cost no object." These are usually applied, together, to the most expensive version of something currently on the...
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Hegel Music Systems Mohican CD player
Someone on Audio Asylum wrote, "When it comes to hi-res audio, Herb is a babe in the woods." This is true, though probably not in the way this person imagined. High-resolution master David Chesky has...
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Sonographe SD-22 CD player
While many of the "modded Philips" firms simply replace the plastic "Philips" or "Magnavox" logo with their own after completing all their internal circuit mojo, for the Sonographe SD-22 ($895),...
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JVC XL-Z1050TN CD player
The $800 JVC XL-Z1050TN 1050 is the Bitstream successor to JVC's popular 18-bit XL-Z1010, which got an enthusiastic thumbs-up from Robert Harley in April 1990 (Vol.13 No.4). Its styling is, in my...
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Metronome CD8 S integrated CD player
I don't listen to music when I write, even when I write about listening to music: When there's music playing, it almost always gets my full attentionand I'm no good at multitasking. (And if I'm around...
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April Music Aura Note V2 CD receiver
Described by manufacturer April Music as an "all-in-one music center," the Aura Note Version 2 ($2500) is a 125Wpc integrated amplifier with a built-in CD player, USB DAC, and FM tuner. The Aura Note...
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Yamaha CD-X1 & CD-2 CD players
CD player prices continue to go down and, surprisingly, sound quality goes up; the Yamaha CD-X1 is an example of both. It's a front-drawer loader with some interesting innovations. Pushing the...
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Sony D-7S portable CD player
There's a race on between Sony and Matsushita, to determine who can build the smallest battery-operated CD player with the most features. Sony currently holds the lead with its second-generation D-7...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sony CDP-X77ES CD player
With Sony's latest flagship single-box player ($1700), we find yet another variant on 1-bit D/A technologyHigh Density Linear Converter, or HDLC. At the heart of this Pulse Length Modulation (footnote...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Mod Squad Prism II CD player
Like its Prism I predecessor, which I reviewed in May 1988, the Mod Squad Prism II is based on a Philips player: the same 16-bit, 4x-oversampling converter, the same general control layout. But The Mod...
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