Better invest in a decent turntable with a decent cartridge. 15 items found from eBay international sellers ONKYO C-7030 CD MP3 speler VLSC Wolfson 192 kHz DAC compact disc player Spieler Please read text how to make a combined shipping order Pre-Owned C 143.87 Top Rated Seller Buy It Now +C 142.18 shipping from Netherlands Onkyo C-7030 CD Player - untested Reasonably Good Condition Parts Only C 132. I'm not saying tube in general sounds the same as solid state, I'm saying a tube buffer like this one is wasted money. Obviously in a double-blind scientific config, so they can only use their ears to tell the difference. The supplied chinese valves that came with mine were obviously not matched, causing a difference in balance which was all too obvious when wearing headphones.Īll these people claiming warmer sound, better sound stage, dramatically increased detail are most welcome at my house with their own equipment to reproduce their findings with a switch box installed in between the setup. When you do get one, you will need to get a set of matched valves as well. Denon DCD-800NE Single Disk CD Player NAD C568 CD player, single disc Onkyo C-7030 Home Audio CD Player TEAC CD-P650 Home Audio CD Player Denon DCD-600NE. Just minute differences in volume which are hard to detect can make a difference in perception of what is better. Remarkably, when the volume pot is in the dent below that position, the source sounds better, when the pot is in the dent above, the tube buffer sounds better. With the Jan 5654W valves, I had difficulty setting the volume, because to get the output voltage equal the input, the volume control has to be set between two dents, but I managed to do it. Not the slightest difference in character.
Using the switchbox, I hear NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL. I have used both the Chinese supplied valves as well as Jan 5654W valves. I had that FX Audio tube buffer, for the purpose of making digital sound better, and had installed it with a switch box in between it and the amp, and have set the volume control with a voltmeter so that input and output voltage are exactly the same. I don't know what is being made new currently that has Tube Output stages. Is Onkyo C-7030 player having switching power supply or conventional power supply Thanks. Much more recent there was a BD (Blue Ray) player that had a tube output stage, though at the moment I can't remember who made it. There were others that also had the Tube Output stages. Like the Carver in this old review from 1991 give or take, that also has some added settings to give CDs a more warm sound. So maybe it is the way Technics implemented it in the player I have. Onkyo C-7030 Compact Disc Player (Black) - Compare Prices in Real-time, Set a Price Alert, and see the Price History Graph to find the cheapest price with. My Optimus CD-3400 has a 1 Bit DAC that is NOT a MASH that performs & sounds good. The Carver may have implemented it different/better, I don't know. Like some of the Carver CD players with the Tube Output stages, though I am not really a fan of the MASH DAC system as done in the Technics CD players & their siblings, it's ok, BUT feel my Sony sounds much better than the Technics I have with the 1 Bit MASH DAC.
This said, maybe you want to look for one of those hybrid CD players that have the Tube Output stages.