Forgetting for a minute the risks of buying used HiFi which could theoretically die within days leaving me out of pocket...
I've got probably around £250 to spend on a new CD player to replace my prehistoric, faulty Technics SLP777 from 1989. This model was near range-topping in its day, but presumably enough progress has been made within the last 20 years that I don't need to spend about a grand to significantly better it.
What I'm not sure about is how best to spend the money. £250 (or thereabouts) is within budget to buy me a brand new Marantz CD6003 or Nad C545BEE. But I could easily save £100 on the cost of both of those and track down a good, used CD63 mkII KI, which I know was very, very highly regarded in its day, but I never got to audition it so it is an unknown quantity to me.
Will the NAD or current Marantz outgun the classic CD 63 mkII KI?
The other relevant parts of my system are a late-spec Cyrus 2 and Mission M73 floorstading speakers.
Thank you
I've got probably around £250 to spend on a new CD player to replace my prehistoric, faulty Technics SLP777 from 1989. This model was near range-topping in its day, but presumably enough progress has been made within the last 20 years that I don't need to spend about a grand to significantly better it.
What I'm not sure about is how best to spend the money. £250 (or thereabouts) is within budget to buy me a brand new Marantz CD6003 or Nad C545BEE. But I could easily save £100 on the cost of both of those and track down a good, used CD63 mkII KI, which I know was very, very highly regarded in its day, but I never got to audition it so it is an unknown quantity to me.
Will the NAD or current Marantz outgun the classic CD 63 mkII KI?
The other relevant parts of my system are a late-spec Cyrus 2 and Mission M73 floorstading speakers.
Thank you