Yamaha CD-S2000 Review (CD/SACD Player)

[EJ3]

It's not just sacds, regular cds sound awesome with it.

Hoping for something smaller, the oPPo is plenty big & very capable of the job.
But something smaller would be nice. (and, no, it would not replace the oPPo, just be something 'different').

 

[EJ3]

It seems our preferences are different there, I find pressing buttons on the remote sitting on my couch much more relaxing than on the device itself.

The couch (and love seat) here are strictly visuals for when company comes. (such as my mother). We are rarely in the stereo/living room.
And we have no TV (by choice, since 2007). The stereo is almost never (actualy, it's probably never) the focus of sitting down & relaxing.

 

[Descartes]

How does it compare to the Yamaha CD-S3000 CD/SACD Player?

 

[Descartes]

I owned one for several years with no issues and was pleased with the sound. I replaced it with an Oppo UDP-205 which subjectively sounded a little better to my ears and was a bit quicker on play response time. You need to test the UDP-205!

Amir already tested it!

 

[EJ3]

Amir already tested it!

As a CD/SACD player? If so, I missed that part (I'm another owner of one & bought it at the time due to Amir's testing of it that I saw).

 

[Descartes]

As a CD/SACD player? If so, I missed that part (I'm another owner of one & bought it at the time due to Amir's testing of it that I saw).

I measured the audio function, I don’t think he looked at the SACD function of the player. I also bought one based on his review, I should have purchased a second one knowing that today’s universal players are almost non existent

 

[EJ3]

I measured the audio function, I don’t think he looked at the SACD function of the player. I also bought one based on his review, I should have purchased a second one knowing that today’s universal players are almost non existent

We probably need to start looking into buying rubber/viton parts that may be deteriorating in the mechanisms now!
I think that the quality of the electronics is likely going to last us a long time.

 

[MbphotoX]

I have the CD-S2100 and probably got a faulty SACD laser..
I don't have many SACDs, but they all don't work properly..

the CD player works perfectly.
(And I actually mostly use it as a DAC for my Wiim streamer, lol )

still, wondering if I should get a replacement CD drive unit off ebay before there are no longer any parts available.. sucks that you cannot update firmware manually..

 

[Scytales]

still, wondering if I should get a replacement CD drive unit off ebay before there are no longer any parts available..

If you intent to keep your player working for many years, yes.

For my part, I have stocked 3 original laser heads and a complete traverse mechanisms for my main multichannel disc player, considering the rarity of this kind of beast and the hi-fi industry's lack of interest in multichannel technology, and all of the other disc players I use either have a spare optical pick-up or one or two donor players in case of future malfunctions.

 

[catch22]

I apologize in advance for a noob question.

I do understand, that all CD Players will have different DACs, different electronics design, of course resulting in different measurements of analog out. But I have always been under the impression, that if you use a CD Player as transport only, then they are all the same.
The bits are bits. Even a PC CD drive will produce the same bit-wise correct reading every time.

Is this understanding wrong?
(Generally speaking. Not including marginal examples where even bit reading is incorrect. Among well implemented players. )

Obviously there is a lot more in different players that contributes to their value. The question is limited to digital out only.

 

[MbphotoX]

I apologize in advance for a noob question.

I do understand, that all CD Players will have different DACs, different electronics design, of course resulting in different measurements of analog out. But I have always been under the impression, that if you use a CD Player as transport only, then they are all the same.
The bits are bits. Even a PC CD drive will produce the same bit-wise correct reading every time.

Is this understanding wrong?
(Generally speaking. Not including marginal examples where even bit reading is incorrect. Among well implemented players. )

Obviously there is a lot more in different players that contributes to their value. The question is limited to digital out only.

the CD drive and its ability to track matters, too, I'd wager.

But yes, if the digital output is bit-perfect, all players essentially output the same signal from a CD.

 

[NTTY]

I apologize in advance for a noob question.

I do understand, that all CD Players will have different DACs, different electronics design, of course resulting in different measurements of analog out. But I have always been under the impression, that if you use a CD Player as transport only, then they are all the same.
The bits are bits. Even a PC CD drive will produce the same bit-wise correct reading every time.

Is this understanding wrong?
(Generally speaking. Not including marginal examples where even bit reading is incorrect. Among well implemented players. )

Obviously there is a lot more in different players that contributes to their value. The question is limited to digital out only.

Most output the same digital output indeed, only the clock imprecision of the CD Player will transition to the DAC, but it’s negligible.

Some modify the digital output, such as many DVD/Bluray players and some CD players too, because they resample the digital stream.

 

[Descartes]

He measured the audio function, I don’t think he looked at the SACD function of the player. I also bought one based on his review, I should have purchased a second one knowing that today’s universal players are almost non existent