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internet based device can deliver much higher than average CD sound. The credit goes to the
superb upsampling DAC in the CD-5, and a premier digital cable in the Gold Starlight 6.
Your Choice
The question to be asked about the CD-5 is not, “How good a player is it?” It’s really good,
reference quality good. Rather, it is a question of what kind of system is desired. Sure, you can
run the thing as a stand alone player, which I would certainly recommend to those who have near
pinnacle quality attending components. For the rest of us the question becomes, “Do I really
need a preamp for my two-channel rig?” In many of the best sounding systems I have built, the
answer is “no”.
The CD-5 can become your player and your preamp. With its prodigious capabilities it can do so
at a level which exceeds all but the best preamplifier and CD player combos. In fact, I think it
would be very difficult to find a pairing of player and preamp which could perform at the level of
the CD-5 for the same total price. Remember, such a rig would have to overcome the degradation
of the signal from the addition of a component and a set of cables. What makes this Ayon so