Budget CD player suggestion

Halo to all sifu here,
These day i get a "ang pow" from my uncle which came back from Euro
as title shown i think is a time to get a good cd player for my nait5i (currently i am using Tian Yun Zero dac + PC )
and I found a bit bright with my Mordaunt-short Carnival 2, so i hope to have a warm, transparent and detail source, do u have any suggestion?
I am not sure to go new or used, but some old Sony did take my attention is it good to get? because my budget a bit low which about rm800

Thx in advance,and sorry for my bad english ~~~

how about new marantz cd5001? rm750 at hiwaylaser.. 5star WHF

Try the alternative of latest Marantz cd-5003. list price:rm1.3k

can get it for arround 1k. It is using the new dac chip HDAM 2.

for that budget, a used marantz63Se is the best buy

try used marantz cd67se,it suits me...

rotel rcd965bx

Sitck with Naim..... Nait 5i does not have warm sound!!! Its all about PRT> So since you have a Naim why do you want to get a CD player thats warm??? Get a Cd5i...save the money its worth it...

music1st wrote:Sitck with Naim..... Nait 5i does not have warm sound!!! Its all about PRT> So since you have a Naim why do you want to get a CD player thats warm??? Get a Cd5i...save the money its worth it...

Ah yeah CD5I will be my best choice but currently really cant get such budget for it
so i decide to get a good cd player to use while i can save the money for it~~~(currently using DAC with PC)

yeah i am agree with you Naim does no have warm, but my current speaker seems more to bright make the sound a bit unbalance (will be upgrade after, aim for ATC or ProAC)

Try the NAD C515BEE and marantz cd5003 just now seems NAD warmer sound batter for my nait5i but still considering as i dint test it with my amp~~~

a friend told me its hard to match naim with others

Go for NAD CD player with your budget. NAD is warm sounding player or another alternative will be changing to copper cables on your interconnects and also speaker cables.

azri wrote:a friend told me its hard to match naim with others

Hmm i think naim equipment match too well makes us feeling it is hard to match with other....

Sad but true.. Naim isnt as simple to match equipment like some other brands. Anyway it will do you no good because Naim uses DIN and others uses RCA interconnect. My dear friend... start saving money and get yourself a naim cd player. If you were to get other brand of CD Player you might end up selling it later and loss some substantial amount of money cause those brands keep changing models. Try to look for a second hand Naim CD Player if budget is a problem. Try to look for one in singapore, if you cant find one in malaysia. You might come across some older Naim CD players like the CDS 1 or CDS 2 going for a good price... Dont forget you can Cap them, it will blow your mind away. A good system starts from the source.......

yep. i agree with music1st. Naim is quite difficult to match with other system. NAD is a good choice if you are into warmer sound. Don't go for marantz. It's rather bright. And i am of the opinion that don' t buy those too old machine, like the marantz 63. A cheap player nowadays also will outperform it in terms of resolution.

another choice will be the china brand player that comes with tube output.

Just get the cheapest (or 2nd hand) CD player with a digital output!

Then connect it through your DAC; using the CD player purely as a transport.

Then start saving up money now so you can afford a Naim in future

Hi Skydna,
I agree with air-11.

air-11 wrote:Just get the cheapest (or 2nd hand) CD player with a digital output!

Then connect it through your DAC; using the CD player purely as a transport.

Then start saving up money now so you can afford a Naim in future

Realy thx for all Sifu-s suggestion and yeah i found that really saving up for change speaker or Naim CD player after
is a batter way for me
currently i think will be repair my dad's old pioneer LD palyer as transport or buy a Tesco dvd player with digital out thx~~~

If possible, try to use the LD player as a transport. They are supposed to be good because if the transport mechanism can hold and spin LDs, imagine how stable it is in spinning much smaller CDs.

DVD players are usually not great transports coz its quite noisy - you can hear the noise of your disc spinning on some cheaper players.

air-11 wrote:If possible, try to use the LD player as a transport. They are supposed to be good because if the transport mechanism can hold and spin LDs, imagine how stable it is in spinning much smaller CDs.

DVD players are usually not great transports coz its quite noisy - you can hear the noise of your disc spinning on some cheaper players.

Ou yeah really good idea u have, i see some 2nd hand shop at PJ still got a lot LD player there with cheap price may be can suggest for some user has same situation with me~~

and yeah the normal cheap DVD player with DVD Rom as transport mechanism spin the disc noisy and dint seal the player carefully~~