Uh, sure, why not? Needless to say I was a bit skeptical. When I explained my quest to the always helpful sales guy, he quickly responded, "Hey, we just got a new Onkyo player in a couple of days ago." "It's still in the box." "Do you want to take a listen to it?". Then I went by the store where I had recently purchased my integrated amp to listen to the Parasound and Cal Audio players. After looking at three stores, I was most impressed with the NAD player. I won't go into much detail about this experience except to say that most of the products left a me a bit underwhelmed. So off I went to the local "hi-fi" shops to do some listening.
This quickly narrowed the field of contenders to a handful of products that are made by companies that are more interested in sound than bells and whistles. In order to gain spousal approval for this new purchase, one caveat was made: it had to be a multi-disk player. Listening to the newest wave of CD transports and D to A converters made this clearly evident. But CD playback has come a long way since those early days of digital technology.
The Luxman player had been a loyal and faithful servant since 1985 when I purchased it. Upon purchasing a new integrated amplifier (see my review of the Jolida SJ 202A), it became readily apparent that my Luxman CD player had some serious flaws that I was unaware of previously.
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