Consonance CD 120 Balanced Review (CD Player)

[Roland68]

Agreed. The point is: all players tested are ones that in their time were expensive enough to be out of reach of a lot of people.
I'd be a lot more interested if someone for a change would do these tests on vintage budget CD-players that peomple like me listened to when we were young and broke. Like the Sony CDP220, Kenwoood DP-SE7, Kenwood DP2040 or the Sony CDP190, my first ever transport. It was cheap, bulletproof, and at the time the best link in my questionable audio-chain.
I'd just like to know how 'bad' or not they were...)

I'm afraid I have to disappoint you; none of these players were bad.
Bad players, especially those with poor sound quality, were rather the exception, even among budget manufacturers. However, I can't say much about no-name devices, although I haven't heard anything bad about them so far.

For me, the most important factors were always loading times and any drive noises or ticking sounds coming directly from the device.

 

[Audioagnostic]

To the negative commentors: I actually quit streaming and am 100% playing CDs.

As many have said, it makes for more focused listening. In the end, the availability of everything on streaming services leads to a more superficial way of listening. For me, streaming is a kind of snacking, not consuming the whole meal of an album.

 

[daniboun]

To the negative commentors: I actually quit streaming and am 100% playing CDs.

As many have said, it makes for more focused listening. In the end, the availability of everything on streaming services leads to a more superficial way of listening. For me, streaming is a kind of snacking, not consuming the whole meal of an album.

You just need to sort through it to avoid getting lost in the streaming web. Digital media is still a format after all, just like CDs.