Advice sought on CD/network player

[acompto]

 

[Al ears]

Welcome to the forum acompto.

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[acompto]

Thanks, I wondered if I had done something wrong!

I wanted advice on whether to go for a Arcam C17 CD player and a Pioneer N50 network player, or a Marantz UD7007 universal player. I don't have a large CD collection, so although I imagine the Arcam would be a better CD player, from the reviews the Marantz is quite good and has the advantage of also playing SACDs and of course blue-ray, so may be fine for me. What worries me though, is whether it would be as good a network player as the Pioneer. This is more important to me, as I have a lot of FLAC files. Also, I wonder if the Marantz has been designed around multi channel and will not perform well in stereo.

Currently I have a recently purchased Rega RP3 with an old Arcam Alpha amp and a pair of Royd Audio A14s. I intend to upgrade the amp to a Arcam A19 and the speakers to a pair of KEF R100s.

Any advice welcome, thanks