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Old 09-14-2014, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Car commander View Post
Dan, is right. It's an attractive interface. IMHO the sound quality is just not there. I ABed it using my Meitner MA1, Puccini and my K03. It wasn't as good as my X03 playing red book CD's. Never mind my Puccini, K03 or certainly my K-01. I was not impressed with the 808.3 compared to my X-03SE. Also IMHO the build quality is not great. The plastic CD drawer wasn't high quality. It's great if you just want to Que up a bunch of stuff to provide background music. IMHO it's not reference gear.
That is why there are so many choices out there. I have auditioned all of the units you have noted and they all fell short of the 808v3 with the Puccini being a toss up. I owned the X03se and that was dumped in favor of the MCD500 which was then replaced by several CD players/DACs.
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