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I agree with cse and as long as Spotify doesn't have a license with my favorite label Harmonia Mundi I am 'forced' to buy CDs anyway. And there still is something special about having the actual physical product, especially when the music comes in such a handsome package, just leave it to...

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Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi Poor cover: Counting Crows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvtJPs8IDgU Original: Joni Mitchell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94bdMSCdw20 Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone Poor cover: The Rolling Stones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRYokc3VBC4 Original...

Ok, I am a fool, I'll admit it. There are differences between the V-DAC MKII and my Marantz CD5000 and CD6000KI. But the funny thing is that this is more audible with (very) simple material. With complex orchestral works from the likes of Mahler or Bartok or busy over-produced pop the only...

Personally I think the differences between those DAC's will be negligible, but considering what I've read about those DAC's, the general consensus so to say is that the Rega DAC is the more warm, fluid and analogue sounding DAC, the Audiolab the more analytical and detailed, some would say...

Yep, I have a Musical Fidelity X-CAN 8. The differences between this amp and the headphones out of my Marantz amp and both cd players are minimal. A tiny amount of extra bloom because of the tubes used. I have compared AIFF files as well and as said earlier, I made a direct comparison between...

Same level? If one is to believe audio magazines than the performance of the V-DAC must be vastly superior to the Marantz CD5000 the least. The CD5000 costed me 250 euro in 2003, the V-DAC MKII 270 euro, this year and this is a DAC only, without a transport. Every year new products come out...

The only differences I ever heard were because of different circumstances, poorer headphones-out socket, cheaper or better amp etc. I sometimes miss my cheap old AKAI portable cassette/cd player. The sound was overly smooth and round, with a very narrow soundstage, and overblown bass. It was...

Wait, there was a difference I noticed and still notice, not in comparing the V-DAC with my CD players, but between Spotify and iTunes. Spotify sounds different, somewhat darker en fuller and not just the streaming file, but the iTunes library played by Spotify as-well. And yes I have unchecked...

I have connected my iMac via Nuforce Impulse USB cable. Formats are MP3 256 KB/ps, AIFF and Spotify Unlimited (160 KB/ps) I have set the V-DAC mKII to upsample to 88.2 kHz. Apart from this set-up I also compared the V-DAC directly with my Marantz CD5000's DAC, by connecting the V-DAC with my...

Love Spotify!, the sound is excellent, and I must imagining things, because I think Spotify sounds better than iTunes, a bit darker and fuller. I can not live without it, but I am not sure how long it will last, they aren't making enough money to keep it going... FYI, I switched back from...

I wasn't very honest, when my CD players break down I will not buy the cheapest CD player out there but most probably the best looking. Luckily though the best looking CD players are mostly the moderately cheaper ones, I like the design to be simple and boxy in a Japanese way. (CD6000Ki imho...

I don't want to bring out a heated discussion, but this weekend I did a listening test, to determine differences between the Musical Fidelity V-DAC MKII and my two CD players, Marantz CD6000Ki and Marantz CD5000. Both my CD players and V-DAC MKII are connected to a Marantz PM7200 amp via the...

A second hand Marantz PM14 amp. A cheap reliable CD player like the Marantz CD5000 I have right now, to use as a transport. Rega DAC A pair Harberths or similar speakers My iMac (which I already own)