marantz cd63 ki

[lewis hurlin]

I am looking at buying a marantz cd 63 ki and jus a bit worried which one i am buying the picture has the ki logo as the signiture and the majority of the ones i have seen have the lgos on a solid brass plaque. is it a mk1 or mk2, what is the difference in sound quality ?

 

[stevebrock]

Get the one with the brass plate, that was the latest incarnation by KI of the CD63, excellent CDP as well.

 

[lewis hurlin]

thanks i thought that was the case i will try to get one over the weekend should sond cool with my audiolab 8000 a & p combination. what are the weak points if any on this cdp?

 

[stevebrock]

Only weak point is that most of these players will be over 10 years old and the mechanisms might be on there way out, if you don't mind a repair bill them fine! Sonically they are a great player I can't help thinking you would be better of with a CD6004 with a 2 year warranty IMHO.

 

[shropshire lad]

I've had my CD-52 for twenty one years and it is still playing fine , so a ten to fifteen year old player is just a baby . I assume mine is a lesser player than the CD-63 so I would like to think that there would be lots of life left in any player you might get .

 

[Inter_Voice]

The laser head is also relatively easy to replace costing about £15.