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Default older CD players (nad 50x, 51x, denon 615/815) vs new cd players - anyone heard both?

On 1 Nov 2006 02:00:37 -0800, "spronk" wrote:


paul packer wrote:
I have a question for you, Keith. How do you rate the C320BEE?


It's quite nice in my system. Certainly overall it's a lot better than
my previous amplifiers (Technics SU-Z11, Technics SA-T670 70's
Receiver, Marantz PM25 from the early 80's), but sounds a lot more
clinical. I did quite like the boomy and warm sound from the older
gear, but the NAD has it's own sound and I guess it's a lot more
foot-tappingly rhythmic. I got rid of the Marantz before I bought the
NAD 512 CD Player, so I can't directly compare (the NAD player made my
system sound quite a bit less harsh I think I mentioned), so I can't
directly compare that, but certainly the C320BEE is much more up-front.

It's still improving (only got it a few weeks back), and it's much
warmer and natural sounding than when I got it, but it's definitely
extracting a lot more of the sound.


I think you'll find it'll improve yet. I've generally found NAD stuff
to be warmer and "darker" than Marantz, but I guess that's subject to
interpretation. Given the general run of comments on the Net I'd be
surprised if you're not satisfied with it in the long run.