Bon, Frédéric nous répondra sans le moindre doute, CDS3 ... mais d'autres avis ?

Peut-être es-tu un des mieux placés pour faire cette comparaison puisqu’il ne te manque que le CDX2.2GVTahiti a écrit :Tout est dans le titre : avez-vous eu l'occasion de faire une écoute comparative et quelle combinaison choisiriez-vous ??
pas sur que tu arrive a le vendre après une telle interrogationAstondoA a écrit :Il faudra que j'essaie si le CDS3 fonctionne encore ...
CDS3GVTahiti a écrit :..., Frédéric nous répondra sans le moindre doute, CDS3 ... mais d'autres avis ?
la feuille a écrit :pas sur que tu arrive a le vendre après une telle interrogation
Vous allez un peu vite en besogne.GVTahiti a écrit :Tout est dans le titre : avez-vous eu l'occasion de faire une écoute comparative et quelle combinaison choisiriez-vous ??
Bon, Frédéric nous répondra sans le moindre doute, CDS3 ... mais d'autres avis ?
Bonjour Philippe,filip-63 a écrit :Mon CDS3 est aussi sur une 555PS (l'XPS est passée sur le nDAC).
(Salut Edouard ...)
Certes, c'est un vrai risque ... mais même un achat d'opportunité impulsif (RV a écrit :Peut-être es-tu un des mieux placés pour faire cette comparaison puisqu’il ne te manque que le CDX2.2GVTahiti a écrit :Tout est dans le titre : avez-vous eu l'occasion de faire une écoute comparative et quelle combinaison choisiriez-vous ??![]()
Et comme tu y penses..... c’est quasi fait, non ?
Much food for thought, thanks gentlemen. I've never tried the analogue output of my CDX2, it went straight to digital out and feed the NDS, whose DAC is renouned to be something special.
Right now I'm hearing very little difference between my CDX2/NDS/555PS/Chord Music into 552 and the CD555 with supplied Hiline also into the 552. The CDX2 setup gives a deeper sound stage - the vocalist comes to the fore more, whereas the CD555 setup gives a very slightly clearer rendition of the vocals. I'm playing the same CD on both players simultaneously and doing what my dealer says I shouldn't - flipping between the two inputs on my 552. The other difference in setup is that the CDX2 sits on Frainlite with Fraim glass & balls and the CD555 is sitting on fraimlite with glass and no balls.
Having liberated one of the two 555PS's that normally drive my NDS in order to power the on-loan CD555 head unit, I'm inspired by posts above to disconnect it from the CD555 and connect up the CDX2 to it. Having done this I'm also inspired to try the CDX2's analogue out with Hiline, maybe even moving the Chord Music from the NDS to the CDX2 to see what happens... although this last move would be a move too far - I need the Music between the NDS & 552, so it isn't spare, and if it 'works' with the CDX2 analogue then that's a £3,500 additional spend just to connect the CDX2 to the preamp... ouch!!
It's getting complicated
En conclusion peut être que tu devrais faire cdx2/xps/nds/xps ou.... cds3/xps/nds/xps après tout....Spent 3 hours messing with the CDX2...
Mains powered analogue out is good (using Hiline), but doesn't come close to the digital out (using DC1) played through an NDS+555PS (which probably isn't surprising given the NDS DAC is top of the range architecture).
555PS powered analogue is discernably better than mains powered analogue (but it would be wouldn't it?, else there'd be no point in an external PS)
555PS powered digital into the NDS is noticably more focussed than mains powered digital, making me wonder if this is the way to go rather than keep the CD555. But if this is the choice, then my NDS would only be powered by one 555PS instead of the two, is that a compromise worth making to obtain a very high quality CD player, I ask myself. I'll think about it a while. I'm trying not to be influenced by the CD555 door mech which open and closes when you wave at it - I love this feature clapping
What I haven't tried, because I just can't afford it, is connecting the CD555 with a Chord Music rather than the supplied Hiline - the Music has to stay with my NDS since that is my main source and at £3,500 there's only going to be one Music interconnect in my setup for the forseeable future !
Roger