consonance cd-120 linear

[stephennic]

Hi everyone,

Has any one tried the consonance cd120 linear. I have mine for nearly 6 months now. I was looking for a cd player for many months and at last i found one to replace my aging Marantzcd63se. It is such a musical, open natural sounding machine. I compared it to many including the Arcam cd73t, creek evo, marantz cd7001, marantz cd6002 and the rega apollo. I just found it more enjoyable overall - voices and instruments have a very natural timbre and very vivid and lifelike.

Regards

Steve.

 

[Thaiman]

Yeb, it is very good. Colour as hell but always produce a lovely creamy warm sound whatever cd you are using.

 

[stephennic]

Thaiman:Yeb, it is very good. Colour as hell but always produce a lovely creamy warm sound whatever cd you are using.

What do you mean by colour as hell ? Did you buy the cd player. Thaiman

Regards,

Steve

 

[Thaiman]

My mate had one and I have listen to his system many times (obviously [

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I am not saying cloure sound is bad at all, in fact with so many dodgy recording disc around, it make sense. From what I have heard and comparing the CDP to other players I had, we come to conclusion that consonance's tube adjusted bright sound to sound smooth whatever cd you put in the tray. It roll off the extreme freq which seem to be a house sound of sigma delta DAC that is use in the machine.

I believe that we are all in this hobby because we love music and for that reason the Opera make so much sense, think of it as a good turn-tables replacement and you are not far off...something that many digital source can't do

and if you think the 120 is good, have a listen to Droplet 5.0. Gorgeous look and sound very close to Linn sondeck!

 

[batonwielder]

I don't think you are talking about the same CDP. The CD120 Linear doesn't have tubes, but it implements NOS.

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Among the CDP's I've auditioned, it had the most noticeably different sound approaching that of analogue, but have found others that are more exciting.

 

[Anonymous]

batonwielder:I don't think you are talking about the same CDP. The CD120 Linear doesn't have tubes, but it implements NOS.

 

[Thaiman]

batonwielder:

I don't think you are talking about the same CDP. The CD120 Linear doesn't have tubes, but it implements NOS.

Among the CDP's I've auditioned, it had the most noticeably different sound approaching that of analogue, but have found others that are more exciting.

I am very positive that my mate's opera had a tube loop on the single end output! The XLR output were taking direct out of DAC though. I don't know if it was an option or not! I can ask him if you like.

 

[stephennic]

Hi,

My consonance cd- 120 linear does not have valves, the cd2.2 linear version does. It also does not have the normal digital filter as well - I think thats why people say it sounds quite analogue sounding.

Regards,

Steve.