silvershadelynx81
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Hi everyone,
I own a set of DIY electrostatic loudspeakers which I really enjoy listening to. I have an old Quad 606MKII power amp and a MiniDSP for < 200 Hz dipole line array woofer. I can switch between full range (esl only) mode and hybrid mode. Most of the times I prefer hybrid mode.
As music soure I use both vinyl and cd (physical media), as Iike the physical aspect of it, even though it takes a lot of space. Long ago I had a simple, donated, small Denon cd player which broke down. I replaced it with a second hand Marantz CD 5001 player which still functions well. But it has a built-in tray timeout: after about 20 secs it closes the tray automatically, and I find this a frustrating unwanted feature.
As my main setup is a Quad, I bought a Quad 66 cd player, which served me for about 7 years, but it was very old and had display problems as wel as other problems so I sold it.
That's why I recently bought a secondhand Marantz SA7001KI Super Audio CD player as I wanted to be able to try SACD as well. Unfortunately after two weeks the device started to behave stange: "no disc" messages while there is a newly bought cd in it, and one time it didn't react to any button, both on the player and remote. The seller doesn't take any responibility. It still takes cd's, but it refuses some, especially with gold colour.
Although I still prefer the instant use from physical media, and the absence of complex propietary software and updates, (I don't have a smarphone or tablet and I dislike touch screens), I'm a bit done when it comes to the reliability of second hand (SA) CD players.
The reason for buying second hand is that (hopefully) it is more environmentally friendly. At the same time my experiences haven't been always positive.
I'm wondering if there is a good alternative: I don't like the idea of online streaming. I'm interested in offline steaming. But I don't like complex, multiple devices, networked options.
Is there something like a streamer with built in storage and a user friendly contol on the device itself? Another option would be to rip all my cd's to a lossless format and store them on my laptop and stream them, if possible? In the latter case, I would prefer an open source app which is Linux compatible.
Any ideas or suggestions?
I own a set of DIY electrostatic loudspeakers which I really enjoy listening to. I have an old Quad 606MKII power amp and a MiniDSP for < 200 Hz dipole line array woofer. I can switch between full range (esl only) mode and hybrid mode. Most of the times I prefer hybrid mode.
As music soure I use both vinyl and cd (physical media), as Iike the physical aspect of it, even though it takes a lot of space. Long ago I had a simple, donated, small Denon cd player which broke down. I replaced it with a second hand Marantz CD 5001 player which still functions well. But it has a built-in tray timeout: after about 20 secs it closes the tray automatically, and I find this a frustrating unwanted feature.
As my main setup is a Quad, I bought a Quad 66 cd player, which served me for about 7 years, but it was very old and had display problems as wel as other problems so I sold it.
That's why I recently bought a secondhand Marantz SA7001KI Super Audio CD player as I wanted to be able to try SACD as well. Unfortunately after two weeks the device started to behave stange: "no disc" messages while there is a newly bought cd in it, and one time it didn't react to any button, both on the player and remote. The seller doesn't take any responibility. It still takes cd's, but it refuses some, especially with gold colour.
Although I still prefer the instant use from physical media, and the absence of complex propietary software and updates, (I don't have a smarphone or tablet and I dislike touch screens), I'm a bit done when it comes to the reliability of second hand (SA) CD players.
The reason for buying second hand is that (hopefully) it is more environmentally friendly. At the same time my experiences haven't been always positive.
I'm wondering if there is a good alternative: I don't like the idea of online streaming. I'm interested in offline steaming. But I don't like complex, multiple devices, networked options.
Is there something like a streamer with built in storage and a user friendly contol on the device itself? Another option would be to rip all my cd's to a lossless format and store them on my laptop and stream them, if possible? In the latter case, I would prefer an open source app which is Linux compatible.
Any ideas or suggestions?
