square_wave
Well-Known Member
My two cents:
I have noticed camps in every budget level in audio. The reason are many but some of them could be:
1. Listener preferences /Expectations.
2. What works in your own setup ( For eg: a source equipment which extends quite low can cause boom with a badly damped amplifier combined with a loudspeaker which is too big for a room-Hence the listener may label the source as "boomy"). The same player will sound extended and clean with the correct setup. There are too many variations here to list.
3. Voicing differences
The listener need to check it out himself and see what works for him/her.
With budget players, I find that I like the Marantz for Female/male vocals, the older Nads for dynamics. CA is more like an all rounder walking thin line bertween the other two. I did not like the 540c. The 640c which is with a friend of mine sounds quite decent.
I used to have the Marantz cd 67ose / modded by TS Lim and I quite liked it. Hence have a preference for Marantz.
I have noticed camps in every budget level in audio. The reason are many but some of them could be:
1. Listener preferences /Expectations.
2. What works in your own setup ( For eg: a source equipment which extends quite low can cause boom with a badly damped amplifier combined with a loudspeaker which is too big for a room-Hence the listener may label the source as "boomy"). The same player will sound extended and clean with the correct setup. There are too many variations here to list.
3. Voicing differences
The listener need to check it out himself and see what works for him/her.
With budget players, I find that I like the Marantz for Female/male vocals, the older Nads for dynamics. CA is more like an all rounder walking thin line bertween the other two. I did not like the 540c. The 640c which is with a friend of mine sounds quite decent.
I used to have the Marantz cd 67ose / modded by TS Lim and I quite liked it. Hence have a preference for Marantz.