Written on: 21/05/2012
this is a truely terrible player,completely over hyped no idea why,i owned one and stopped listening to music along with the awful kis pm 66 amplifier i listened to this against a marantz cd6300 and that is a good player,maybe technology has moved on a lot the cd6300 is fine good id say but this 63 is the pits,i like the linn players genki and ikemi good second hand now
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Written on: 18/12/2012
With your opinion you stand pretty much alone. Do yourself a favour and buy a really good amplifier and fine speakers. The weak point in your system may be the cheap integrated amp. Go for a better model or upgrade straight to a pre/power amp combo. This CD player was elected "Product of the Year" by dozens of European hifi journalists - not without a reason. If it sounds terrible in your ears, it is most probably not the player that's to be blamed. By the way, you can't compare a former 500 GBP player with machines like the mentioned Linn which cost twice as much or more. Sure, you can always benefit from a bargain offer on the 2nd hand market, but then again the Marantz might be a steal for, say, 200 GBP or even less.