HI Guys
Want some thoughts, ive just returned from auditioning the naim uniti , audiolab 8200cd.and 8200a naim cd5, nait5 combo. and a linn sneaky Ds hooked up to the naim nait 5i
What i want an opinion is what would sound better, the Audiolab 8200cd with say a cyrus 6xp (midrange award winners).
Or
The Linn sneaky DS with a cyrus 6xp fed a rip of the same cd. (using the built in linn dac.) ?
Ideally i would like to move to full stream system ( but not at the expence of sound )
Budget is £1500 ish, the dealer for the naim and cyrus has a large sale on at the moment that brings the above combo's within budget.
Dealer was adamant that the linn sneaky DS was better than a same price cd player.
For the record I found the audio lab a great listen, it was teamed up with the audiolab 8200a but the listening room was massive, so was very difficult to hear bass at all, but detail was great.
What will have the better dac the linn sneaky or the audiolab.8200cd ?
I went to a number of dealers yesterday so was difficult to compare them because of the different rooms.
The naim uniti was good but lacked scale compared to the cd5/nait 5i combo.
The sneaky ds when pluged into the Naim nait 5 sounded great, (but i could not compare the 8200 as it was a different shop.)
What do you guys think?
Tim
Want some thoughts, ive just returned from auditioning the naim uniti , audiolab 8200cd.and 8200a naim cd5, nait5 combo. and a linn sneaky Ds hooked up to the naim nait 5i
What i want an opinion is what would sound better, the Audiolab 8200cd with say a cyrus 6xp (midrange award winners).
Or
The Linn sneaky DS with a cyrus 6xp fed a rip of the same cd. (using the built in linn dac.) ?
Ideally i would like to move to full stream system ( but not at the expence of sound )
Budget is £1500 ish, the dealer for the naim and cyrus has a large sale on at the moment that brings the above combo's within budget.
Dealer was adamant that the linn sneaky DS was better than a same price cd player.
For the record I found the audio lab a great listen, it was teamed up with the audiolab 8200a but the listening room was massive, so was very difficult to hear bass at all, but detail was great.
What will have the better dac the linn sneaky or the audiolab.8200cd ?
I went to a number of dealers yesterday so was difficult to compare them because of the different rooms.
The naim uniti was good but lacked scale compared to the cd5/nait 5i combo.
The sneaky ds when pluged into the Naim nait 5 sounded great, (but i could not compare the 8200 as it was a different shop.)
What do you guys think?
Tim