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Tomshardware 10:19 Tue Dec 19
Can anyone recommend a decent compact disc player?

Looking to upgrade my system this christmas.

On The Ball 5:01 Wed Dec 20
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Alex G 11:25 Tue Dec 19

I had two minidisc players (at different times). Absolutely loved them. Brilliant little machines.

The Human Stain 4:55 Wed Dec 20
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Cornish: I'm not really a techie so don't know the ins and outs. At home its the Naim Unity and Neat speakers. About 6 years old and very pleased with the quality. I have all sorts of CDs but mainly listen to opera and go for the best quality CDs/Blurays I can get.
In the car, the system is Bower & Wilkinson.
The Unity also plays streams. Maybe my ears getting old but I'm sure nothing yet rivals CD quality. The only time I don't care about quality is on vinyl when great to get warts and all of a particular performance.

Cornish Dave 11:42 Tue Dec 19
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Branded, got a pair of Q Acoustics Concept 20's, very happy with them!

Alex G 11:25 Tue Dec 19
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CDs are over. Get with the times. You want to get yourself a good minidisc player.

zebthecat 10:40 Tue Dec 19
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Weird isn't it,
Looks as though vinyl is going to outlive CD as well as cassettes.

Dicko75 10:17 Tue Dec 19
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Didn't realise you could still get them. Can you pick me up a fax whilst you're there.

BRANDED 4:08 Tue Dec 19
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Cornish. The most important bit of kit is the speaks. A good pair of speakers make most things sound great.

Cornish Dave 4:06 Tue Dec 19
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A Naim Unity aint just any old CD player and as you say his £200 may just cover the deposit. I have a Yamaha CD player cost around £200, rarely use it and Spotify sounds much better on my Network Receiver which is a Yamaha RN-602. I wouild love to be able to borrow some hi end kit for a day just to see if the outlay is worth it. I can tell the difference between my Yamaha and other kit I have owned, but would love to check out expensive kit against mine.

BRANDED 4:06 Tue Dec 19
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Human. Well it would depend on the phone, the system ins and outs and the music style you are playing. I had an android which was by far the worst music player I've ever had where as the iphone is quiet but decent quality. A car is a very bad place to judge these things anyway BUT I do understand that the experience is all. Just dont blame it on the files most now days are as good as wavs.

Megatron 4:00 Tue Dec 19
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ALBA

The Human Stain 3:49 Tue Dec 19
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only wine and I was useless at that.

Its obvious though if I'm in the car and I play through the phone or the same music on a CD, its different class.
I don't know much about spotify. I have reduced to a fairly narrow base of music over the years and tend to buy CDs/Blurays of the versions I want.

BRANDED 3:40 Tue Dec 19
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Stain. Have you ever done a blind test? I was in a £500,000 mastering studio and tested Spotify against the wav master and it was impossible to tell the difference.

The Human Stain 3:37 Tue Dec 19
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I looked into this around 5 years ago. Things may have changed since but then the streaming quality was nothing like what one can get from CD's. I do use high quality streaming for portable devices (basic iTunes being hopeless)
I went for something called a Naim Unity which has been excellent and does all the streaming etc as well but at its heart is a cd player. Having seen your budget I'm afraid you wont get close so not terribly helpful but has allowed me to talk about my purchase.
DVD players are also something I feel one should pay good money for. I mainly listen to/watch opera and you can't get the quality on a £100 DVD player.

Cornish Dave 2:09 Tue Dec 19
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£200 is going to get you a budget machine from the likes of Denon, Martantz and Yamaha. Push it to closer to £300 you will get a better player from the same marques.

steveiron64 2:04 Tue Dec 19
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Denon - class.

The Stoat 1:42 Tue Dec 19
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What's this got to do with WEST HAM?

BRANDED 1:02 Tue Dec 19
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Get yourself a windows 95 desktop.

Hornchurch Dave 12:57 Tue Dec 19
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https://www.richersounds.com/hi-fi/separates/cd-players.html

Gavros 12:53 Tue Dec 19
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S club Junior.

threesixty 12:53 Tue Dec 19
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http://www.brennan.co.uk

Brennan B2

If you want the best of all worlds, can save all your cd's, dont need a computer etc..
Plays internet radio as well.

Kind of expensive, however, I kind of like unique 1 off things by quirky British inventors...

Northern Sold 12:48 Tue Dec 19
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I got all my old technics stuff loaded up in the West ham shed... geared up to 7 speakers.... blows your ear drums out listening to a bit of S club 7 on that....

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