tvs4u:
hi there
this as been the case with the last 10 cd player i have bought
i put them next to the marantz cd 63se and i finf the marantz give me 95% of the sound for a 5% of the cost so i have to ask my self is it worth the extra money adn time and time again the reply is no.
and there is a lot between the marantz 63 mk1 /mk2 /se/k sig.
Fair enough. I never heard the Marantz Special Edition. Listening to quite a few dacs recently -Benchmark, Dacmagic, Cyrus Dac-X- so I can very well understand your point about it not being worth the extra money. To my ears the Cyrus DAC-X was brilliant....but at a price- 1700 euros. Outch! The dacmagic was quite good too, but not as 'hifi'- with that I mean separation, ease, naturalness. I suspect the Cyrus dac-x will give you just that extra quality of sound, but as I said, at a price.....