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Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced player with remote volume control? Thanks in advance.

Oldfogey wrote:Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced player with remote volume control? Thanks in advance.

Olive O3HD has volume control intended for active speakers only. Just sharing . If interested please ask our dealers.

Many thanks.

Accuphase Jovs. Maybe you can PM Ferdi.

Keith, Accuphase? Reasonably priced? I think not. My brother is looking more along the lines of low priced Brit/Japanese/Chinese stuff.

Oldfogey wrote:Keith, Accuphase? Reasonably priced? I think not. My brother is looking more along the lines of low priced Brit/Japanese/Chinese stuff.

Sorry. I thought for you. Accuphase is reasonably priced for you, right?

Accuphase is not reasonably priced for Bill Gates or Li Ka Shing

It's certainly waaaaay out of the ballpark for me.

Oldfogey wrote:Accuphase is not reasonably priced for Bill Gates or Li Ka Shing

It's certainly waaaaay out of the ballpark for me.

How about the Benchmark DAC1? Then you can just get an old player or new DVD player to use as a transport. Not sure if the Benchmark DAC is still being sold here though.

Other options:
Theta Miles, if you can find a second hand one.
Sony ES series cd players, also if you can find 2nd hand units.

Hope this helps.

iPod classic 160gig

Rotel has a CD-receiver which is a cd player, dac (it has digital inputs), 100wpc integrated amp, fm & internet radio, usb player, ipod dock and uPnP wired/ wireless network music media player all rolled into one ... the RCX1500. It is not exactly cheap (~P75k SRP) but you only have to hook up a pair of speakers to it, and it has all the bases covered (err, except analog - it doesnt have a built in phono but it has one line input for an external phono stage)

Great value for someone starting from scratch if you ask me.

Thanks, Hansen, will ask my brother to have a look!

I agree with sir Keith re: Sony ES series. I have a lampizated tubed vintage sony es-337 cdp with dual tda-1541a chips(highly regarded and treasured dac) and the sound is analogue like. Other cdp's with tda-1541 chips are the marantz cd-94 and cambridge cd4. Goodluck on your hunt sir!:-)

you may also try sir cayin cd-50t cd-player or

Cayin MT-iP40 (Hybrid Multi-function Media Player)
It has:
• Built-in USB compliant Burr Brown DAC Chip
• Hybrid 12AU7 Valve Pre-Amplifier stage
• 50 Watts Integrated Amplifier with iPod, CD, FM Radio functions.
• Support MP3/WMA from USB storage device & CDDA/MP3/WMA format of music in CD/CDR/ CD-RW.
• Support PC-DAC function: Connect PC and the unit with USB data line you can control computer’s Media player to play hi-fidelity music by MT-ip40’s buttons and remote.
• I-Pod can be charged by built-in iPod dock and you can control the iPod by MT-IP40’s remote.
• Full function remote control & headphone jack.
• LED & LCD double display system.

you may also try sir cayin cd-50t cd-player or

Cayin MT-iP40 (Hybrid Multi-function Media Player)
It has:
• Built-in USB compliant Burr Brown DAC Chip
• Hybrid 12AU7 Valve Pre-Amplifier stage
• 50 Watts Integrated Amplifier with iPod, CD, FM Radio functions.
• Support MP3/WMA from USB storage device & CDDA/MP3/WMA format of music in CD/CDR/ CD-RW.
• Support PC-DAC function: Connect PC and the unit with USB data line you can control computer’s Media player to play hi-fidelity music by MT-ip40’s buttons and remote.
• I-Pod can be charged by built-in iPod dock and you can control the iPod by MT-IP40’s remote.
• Full function remote control & headphone jack.
• LED & LCD double display system.

hi jov. i still use my old dependable harman kardon hk7725. 4 outputs-2 digital, 2 analog line outs. one is fixed and one has a remote output level feature which also controls the headphone level. highly rated during its time. if a good used one is available.

also, some better, readily available dvd players have a remote volume feature. (i now use a teac, and previously had a pioneer, both with this feature) you might want to consider this .

regards. see you again soon.

I guess the next question is which CDPs have analog volume controls and don't bit shave. Hmmmmmmm. I have no idea.

Naimuniti

Hi Jov,

How about a dac with volume control ? ala (BEL Canto Dac 1.5 ?)

Regards
Ferdie

Thanks, all, for your interesting suggestions. I will have him go through this thread, and he can decide for himself.

Cheers!

Musical Fidelity M1 Clic
Its a music player/streamer that handles mainstream audio codec with built in 24/192 DAC and volume contol. LAN, wireless streaming, a host of digital connections including USB (Apple Compliant - for Ipods).
Most of all it sounds outstanding....