December 17, 200817 yr Oooo, top-loader. Me likely top-loader. I know nothing about the player except that it was Denon's top of the line player in '94 and it cost 500,000 JPY at the time.
December 18, 200817 yr Damn, dude. That second one is gorgeous. x2 The aesthetic force is strong with that one...
December 19, 200817 yr Author Now I see where that alien stuff are comming from And here is his big brother Denon DP S-1, HOLLY SHMOLLY:o
December 19, 200817 yr I definitely like the first one more. Why did more CD players not have digital in? Surely we are not the only subset of audiophilia that likes DACs, right?
December 19, 200817 yr Dare I utter that I think they're both fugly? Particularly the second one. Compared to the Sony R's they indeed are. Me want a Sony CDP/DAS-R10...
December 21, 200817 yr More cd players seem to be coming out with digital inputs nowadays, though. A welcome change. I've heard the argument that "they want you to buy the DAC too", but that's silly. The 840c has absolutely exploded on the market, in large part because of the balanced capability and the digital in at a hotly contested price point. You can't tell me that some other companies wouldn't like to make that money, as well (I'm looking at you, Rega.)
December 23, 200817 yr It uses 4 x PCM1702 From what I've read about it on diyaudio, the output stage is supposed to be somewhat poorly done and should be modded
December 23, 200817 yr The reasoning is probably that it unnecessarily complicates the design for a feature that until recently no one was clambering for.
December 23, 200817 yr I like the Simaudio Andromeda the best out of these pics... the SuperNova also looks pretty good.
December 24, 200817 yr I just happened to come across a Denon DCD-S1 CD player going for slightly under $2k in my country, so if anyone wants this CDP, then do let me know and I'll try to help you out as best as I can.
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