CD Players / Recorders
Newest CD Players/Recorders Reviews
Group test: CD players £400-£500, Group test: Stereo CD and amp combos, Group test: CD players £4...
See newest reviews
Denon DCD-1500AE
Avreview
- Conclusion: Maybe this has something to do with the great sound it produces (stranger things have proved true in hi-fi) but either way this is a great machine with a pitch perfect
- Pros: Highly engaging player with a great balance of calm and energy, excellent build and useful SACD compatibility
- Cons: Very hard to fault but treble is a bit more solid from some, looks dead in pure audio mode
- Read Full Review
Denon DCD-1500AE and PMA-1500AE
Avreview
- Conclusion: Yes, it's the most expensive kit here, but if your budget can stretch to it, then your ears will love you forever.
- Pros: Superb build and truly excellent sound
- Cons: It's the most expensive here, so therefore its price acts against it
- Read Full Review
Pioneer PD-D6
Avreview
- Conclusion: The PD-D6 turned in a very appealing performance, it is relaxed yet resolute with good sensitivity to tempo without any tendency toward undue emphasis.
- Pros: Well judged balance of dynamics, timing and power give it a light touch that lets the music do its stuff
- Cons: Slightly fiddly remote handset, not as much energy as some
- Read Full Review
Rega Apollo-R
What Hi-Fi?
- Excerpt: Rega 's on something of a roll just now, after a spectacular 'one-make system' Supertest in our January 2012 issue. Hot on the heels of the company's small-but-beautiful ' Brio-R ' amplifier and ' DAC ', erm, DAC comes the Apollo-R CD player. A reassuringly chunky build The original Apollo CD player, launched in 2005, was a roaring success, and this -R version aims to build on that.
- Pros: Nicely built, interesting loading arrangement, detailed, open, weighty sound
- Cons: Doesn’t arrange individual strands of a recording all that convincingly
- Read Full Review
Cambridge Audio 740C
TechRadar UK
- Excerpt: Cambridge Audio surely has the most technologically equipped player in its class. It's the only one to offer 384kHz upsampling - indeed, few players at any price offer such a feature.
- Pros: <p>Great value</p><p>Well made</p>
- Cons: <p>Sound not to all tastes</p>
- Read Full Review
