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In the Thread: A contemporary great CD transport for under $100.

Post Subject: Modded DenonPosted by Jorge on: 9/16/2011

I have a Fosell transport for some years now I upgraded from a CEC TL-1 which was miles behind...
I use an EAD 7000 III DAC which I kept after having both the 9000 and the 7000, the mian difference between them is the preamp section of the 9000, so the 7000 has a more direct flavor more raw in a sense that I liked better with my system, I have been a bit dubious about it but I really like what it does in my system and every contender I brought has not been able to give me the sound I like. Anyway a couple of months ago a friend brought over a modded Denon multiplayer, I dont remember the model (I could look it up), it was highly modded, we were testing it with a projector and its Blue Ray capabilities, he then insisted we listened to a music Cd on it, which we did and it was surprinsingly nice, I wanted to try just the DAC section of it, but we couldnt since there was no input for it, but it did have a digital output we tried with my EAD dac. Well the sound was very good even compared to the Forsell, now keeping things in perspective, the Forsell is still better doing a lot of wonderful things and details where it counts, but the Denon was not left behind in the dust. If I was going for a second system, I would get the modded Denon, and it can play anything out there...

Just a note, the Forsell plays any Cd. CDW, CDR with no problems, I hated the CEC TL-1 because there were a lot of Cds it just would not read...

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