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Leeuwarden

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I bought one of his players. Picked it up myself. Experienced some trouble with connecting the powersupply. Well what can I say... Holger Stein responds usually very quick to my e-mails. Fried my display anyway :bawling: So my player is now back to Holger for repairs. CDM 12 sounds great. Actually it sounds better than my upgraded Marantz cd-80.
 
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Leeuwarden

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The CD-80 sounds better after te mod (opa627 and faster rectifier diodes) But on my set (Pass Aleph 5, Thel preamp and Alcone AC8HE with Dynaudio D-260 in a 75 liter enclosure) the CDM 12 sounds very good. I mean really very good! I payed about 910 Euro for the CD-80 12 years ago. I payed 189 euro for the CDM 12 last year. Comparing price/prestation the CDM 12 is a great CD player. Of course there are differences, but they are small. I also bought the upgrade for the CDM 12. Since the CDM 12 sounds so good, the upgrade must bring even more.

Jan
 
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Luke

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Mine has less capacitance as it was requested by the previous purchaser (keep cost down). It has only been used on the carpet not nounted and it was a definite improvement on my moded marrantz cd67II.
will say though that it would be hard work to put it a nice case, thats the main reason me and the previous owner didnt finish this project.
 
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Leeuwarden

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Because a CDM12 also sounds very good for less than half the cost of a working CD PRO. The CDM 12 can be modified (with an upgrade kit from Steinmusic) untill your head falls of and still it is cheaper than a CD PRO. It can also be modified in a top-loader so you can make a heavier platform (like the cd-pro...)

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/sound.system/pract/kit/cdmbase.html
http://www1.harenet.ne.jp/~kadoki/kadoki/cdt/cdt.html
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/sound.system/pract/cont_frame2.html
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~tima/products/cdplayer/cdpindex.html
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/sound.system/pract/Nagas_HP/

My conclusion is that both available diy players are very nice. For me the CDM 12 is technically speaking a little bit easier. And if cost are a consideration: the CDM 12 is the better choice. Take it from me: It is a good sounding player for little money. I like it better than my CD-80 although Jean Paul finds that hard to believe. Maybe it's a matter of taste. I'm happy with my CDM 12.
 
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