Marantz CD player

[garethl]

Hi. I currently own a Kenwood DPF-2030 and have seen a Marantz CD6005 on sale for £125. I just wondered if it would be worth snapping up, would there be a decent improvement in quality?

 

[Gray]

....would there be a decent improvement in quality?

Very likely yes.
You could always put the digital output of the Kenwood through a decent DAC.
But a standalone one of those wouldn't cost much less than the £125 you can get the Marantz for.

Presumably your amp hasn't got a built-in DAC.

 

[garethl]

Very likely yes.
You could always put the digital output of the Kenwood through a decent DAC.
But a standalone one of those wouldn't cost much less than the £125 you can get the Marantz for.

Presumably your amp hasn't got a built-in DAC.

The amp’s a Pioneer A10, not sure about a DAC.

 

[ToppingSMSL]

Hi. I currently own a Kenwood DPF-2030 and have seen a Marantz CD6005 on sale for £125. I just wondered if it would be worth snapping up, would there be a decent improvement in quality?

Not in sound quality. Maybe in build quality, I don't know.

 

[Gray]

The amp’s a Pioneer A10, not sure about a DAC.

No, there's no DAC (Digital to Analogue Converter) in that amp.

The Marantz will (almost certainly) sound different to your Kenwood.
Whether you prefer the difference, or think there's enough of it.....that's another story.

 

[ToppingSMSL]

Why would the Marantz sound different to the Kenwood? Very hard to volume match CD players properly....

 

[Messiah]

I still use a Kenwood CD player (DP-3060) and a Marantz CD 6007. However, I have not run them both on the same system to compare how they sound.

I would imagine your CD player must be similar in age to mine - around 30 years old?

Given the age of the Kenwood and the price of the Marantz I would get it purely just in case the Kenwood fails.

 

[Gray]

Why would the Marantz sound different to the Kenwood?

You can explain it to him.... if he finds that it does 😉

 

[Al ears]

Why would the Marantz sound different to the Kenwood? Very hard to volume match CD players properly....

Presumably you are going to tell us why they shouldn't......
Waiting in anticipation.