Digital Man

Hi All, I am wanting to know if the Schiit valve hybrid amps, by design, are either just a tube in a buffer stage or are they have a proper valve stage ? example, Shiit Vali, Lyr, Valhalla and the Mjolnir. Thanks.

Is the Pioneer PD S802 any good ? what about the Akai CD M959 ? and how would they compare to say a Sony CDP 302ES, the Sony CDP 307ES, a Marnatz CD63, and a Marantz CD63SE ? these are what is currently available, that I am considering, I am leaning towards the Pioneer PD S802 myself. Thanks.

Thanks for the heads up, I will be looking out for that.

Excellent unit, I have one, works a treat, you need this, it is that good, use mine with my Schiit Magni/Modi 3 stack, with Sennheiser HD600 headphone, great bundle and price here as well.

Does anyone know anything about the Akai cd m959 ?

Hi Rochester, Of course I realise that I won’t be buying a OPPO or a Cambridge Audio bd for $200, that amount was my initial budget for a standalone CD player only.

Thanks for the suggestion, I have decided to buy something like a Oppo or a Cambridge Audio all in box solution, then save a bit more for something really special as a stand alone CD player.

This unit is a must, I have nothing to say nor add, except that it works ! Very well indeed, I use mine with my Magni 3/ Modi 3 stack, highly recommended, buy it, you will be glad that you did.

That's what I would like to know as well !

Put me in for third

I have come across about 3 Sony ES cd player's, are the laser's still available for this series ?

I have thought about the Rega cd player's, a lot of reliability issues, that I have read about though, doesn't happen to everyone, but it seems to occur more than not

Welcome, I have read your thread, continue here, no, I have not heard the Rotel that you mentioned, maybe someone else can chime in !?

How would you describe the differences in audio, two channel mode, between the analogue two channel with the 83se as opposed to the 93au's analogue two channel connection ? I mean, is there a difference, or is the dedicated two channel analogue section on the 83se a moot point in comparison ?

Hi All, I am wanting to buy a secondhand OPPO BDP, I have so far found a OPPO 83 (needs some work/service), a OPPO 83SE, a OPPO 93AU and a OPPO 103, how I intend to use it is thus, obviously for DVD and BLURAY movies, I do have some 3D movies, so I am keen to try those out, I would also like to use it for audio/music playback as well, now, do they all play back Blu Ray Audio disc's ? HDCD playback is important as well, as is having a dedicated stereo analogue out, hello valve amp ! I understand that some of these models do not have a dedicated stereo out, but rather, it is in conjunction with