I have recently upgraded my speakers and thought I would try and do them justice by getting back into playing CD's rather than streaming everything though my PC. I keep reading CD quality is better after all.
My old Marantz CD63 dies a while ago, in fact I wasn't impressed that it had died when it did as it wasn't that old at the time.
I'm therefore not going down the Marantz route again and have a short list of two.
Yamaha CD-S300 £150 or
Cambridge Audio Azur 351C £150
Now if I go byWhat HI FI reviews alone the answer would be the Cambridge Audio as they gave it 5 Stars. However, I have a Yamaha amp and Yamaha sub and they are excellent. The Yamaha CD player would certainly look neater sat alonside them than the Cambridge Audio. The Yamaha also has the bonus of having a USB port allowing interface with other devices, the Cambridge Audio does not offer this. Yamaha kit is from experience built superbly.
Does anyone have any experience of either units? Richer Sounds have the Cambridge udio in stock for a trial and Audio Affair have the Yamaha so I can't do a direct shop comparison. Am I really going to notice much difference in sound between the two? I'm no classically trained musician and have worked in noisy environments with loud machines for years so my hearing is probably less than perfect anyway.
My amp is Yamaha DSP-AX620, Sub is Yamaha YST-FSW050 & speakers are Tannoy DC4T.
Thanks, Chris
My old Marantz CD63 dies a while ago, in fact I wasn't impressed that it had died when it did as it wasn't that old at the time.
I'm therefore not going down the Marantz route again and have a short list of two.
Yamaha CD-S300 £150 or
Cambridge Audio Azur 351C £150
Now if I go byWhat HI FI reviews alone the answer would be the Cambridge Audio as they gave it 5 Stars. However, I have a Yamaha amp and Yamaha sub and they are excellent. The Yamaha CD player would certainly look neater sat alonside them than the Cambridge Audio. The Yamaha also has the bonus of having a USB port allowing interface with other devices, the Cambridge Audio does not offer this. Yamaha kit is from experience built superbly.
Does anyone have any experience of either units? Richer Sounds have the Cambridge udio in stock for a trial and Audio Affair have the Yamaha so I can't do a direct shop comparison. Am I really going to notice much difference in sound between the two? I'm no classically trained musician and have worked in noisy environments with loud machines for years so my hearing is probably less than perfect anyway.
My amp is Yamaha DSP-AX620, Sub is Yamaha YST-FSW050 & speakers are Tannoy DC4T.
Thanks, Chris