red76 wrote:Anyone know where in Manila can I audition this AN UK cdp?
Wait about a 1-1.5 months more. My CDT Zero and DAC One.1x should be burned in by then. I hope to have zeroed in on a digital interconnect as well. When these are settled, I'll try my very best to bring 'em to one of the Pinoydiophile sessions.
I've posted some ealy impressions throughout Pinoydiophiles. Some have heard it at about 90-100 hour break in. Audio Tyro, Hyperion, joe3rp, hyperaudio: go ahead, feel free to lambast the CD player.
red76 wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this player is being or has been updated since AN UK severed their relations with Kondo (AN Japan) and Jensen Capacitors.
I don't know about the one box player but it used to be known as the CD2, right? I don't know if there has been updates or if AN just calls it differently outside of the UK. But from the DAC 1 to DAC 1.1x, I think the biggest change is the non-oversampling/filterless DAC.
Yes, Kondo-san and Peter Qvortrup have severed their relationship (quite publicly at that, check Audio Asylum).
I don't know about the relationship between Jensen caps and AN.
red76 wrote:There's also a Signature version, anyone know the difference/s between the stock and this one?
Apart from at least twice the price, I don't know.
Seriously, there are 2 one box players in the AN-UK lineup. One is the CD2.1x and the other is the CD3.1x. The difference is the CD2.1x is the CDT-Zero and DAC One.1x inside. The CD3.1x is the CDT Zero and the DAC 1.1x Signature inside.
As for the difference between the 1.1x, 1.1x Balanced and 1.1x Signature, (and even the 2.1 to the 5 Signatutre) check out:
http://www.jcaudio.com/product/AudioNot ... rison.html
Lastly, check out the Pinoydiophiles buy and sell forum. There is a demo unit Audio Note CD2.1x there for sale at a good price.