DAC or new Sugden CD 21?

[Saab]

I fancy a CD21,but it would cost me £500 ish s/h,I could get £250 for my Rotel 1070 s/h,so cost to change is £250

could I get a decent DAC for £250 to partner the Rotel and could that compare with the £1000 CD21?

any thoughts?

[alanbeeb]

The CD21 is one of the several players I used to have, and is definitely in the wish I still had it category. Frankly, I don't think you would find any DAC at less than £1k or even more that would be as good. I think its output stage is tweaked specially to match the A21a amp.

[alanbeeb]

Also, for what its worth, HFC did a comparison between one make amp/cd combos a few years ago and concluded Sugden A21/CD21 was far and away the most musical and was one of the cheaper sets in the test.

[alanbeeb]

And there is one on ebay at present with a reasonable buy it now price.... seller looks genuine too. I have no connection to the seller BTW.

[analoguekid]

Dave

Tell the truth you really"want" the sugden don't you, be honest now.

If thats true then buy the bloody thing, if it sounds good keep it, and don't worry if you coulda got 1 or 2% better performance with a dac, if you get a dac you'll then say what about digital cables , electrical/optical, mmm wonder if better transport,.....

Get the bloody sugden will be good with the amp you love so much and will look neat beside each other.

paul

[Saab]

you are correct Paul:)

and I have spotted that auction Alan,it prompted the thread:)

hmmm,I might wait and see if he sells it,if he gets no bids I might email him with an offer,risky business though

[analoguekid]

Just bid up to your offer if not succesful then wait for another one. But yer a helluva fidget you won't be able to wait, why not mail him and get a bit less thanasking price, less risky and ye never know!

[Saab]

The new user page is an arse for a buyer because the seller gets to see how many watchers there are,if he has loads,he can tell me to do one.But then again,he might drop his b.i.n price

[analoguekid]

thats waht i meant BIN price

[Saab]

yeah,will go for it i think

[analoguekid]

Good Luck!

[rewster]

so....

What's happening, this is worse than Eastenders! When does it finish, how many bids, etc etc.

[alanbeeb]

As is said before, I think the b.i.n. price is quite reasonable - I'd go for it before I decide to myself!!!!!
Especially when you consider there was one on hififorsale.com (before it went offline) at something like £650ish

[Saab]

As is said before, I think the b.i.n. price is quite reasonable - I'd go for it before I decide to myself!!!!!
Especially when you consider there was one on hififorsale.com (before it went offline) at something like £650ish


got bored waiting and bought it :)

[analoguekid]

Now theres a surprise, How much.? and when can we expect some glowing reports on how it sounds.

Paul

[Saab]

I went for the b.i.n,you were all right,it was a good price,£525

reviews soon :)

[analoguekid]

Ecellent, with all this Sugden kit are you gonna have to talk with a Yorkshire accent, then yer gonna have to get some pidgeons and whippets, oh and a flat cap.

[Saab]

lol,mixed counties there me old mucker,whippets are more Lancs imho,(well they were in the Goodies),which is actually where I am from,although I am returning to sunny Yorks to live

[analoguekid]

WTFDIK about you bloody english, North, flatcaps whippets, Ale, South, poofs shandy drinking and overpriced houses, thats about as much as i need to know :)

[merlin]

You forgot decent climate and sovereignty over you lot there AK

[analoguekid]

Nowt wrong with our climate, very temporate, does rain abit though, sovereignty we are working on it, we will continue to let you susidise our services until we can join eu and get all the grants that the English missed out on:)

[julian2002]

ak,
subsidies? that's ok i think we're getting the better deal what with the oil and all that....
;)
cheers


julian

[analoguekid]

Yeah but we get more spent on us per head of population. You had the better deal with oil you buggers have used it all up, there's hardly any left. Now if we could join the EU as a seperate nation we could get the type of subsidies enjoyed recently by the likes of greece.

[technobear]

Ecellent, with all this Sugden kit are you gonna have to talk with a Yorkshire accent, then yer gonna have to get some pidgeons and whippets, oh and a flat cap....and some Castle loudspeakers :)

The Conway 3s are great on the end of decent Class A amplification.