Following my
search for the Speakers, I am on a hunt for a nice mini CD player and the
Marantz HD1 came to sight. The look of it is lovely with silver or black colour
body with wood like sides. I was thinking of matching it with my Elekit TuTu.
As there is a space constraints, the set up needs to be small. In the past, I
used to play with many vintage CD players with great fun. However, the down
side is the maintenance as well perhaps lack of details with the used laser
head. I remember I used to have the vintage Marantz CD player by Ken Ishiwata,
which I have sold following my move from Hong Kong to Thailand. As such, the
new Marantza HD-CD1 has one advantage as it was the work of Ken Ishiwata.
Marantz has added the HD-CD1, an up-market midi-sized CD Player, to its
rebooted MusicLink Hi-Fi series.
First I love
the classic look with the contemporary components. Designed by Ken Ishiwata,
the deck can function as a CD transport with the HD-AMP1 amplifier (pictured
below), or function as standalone CD player. It features a centralised CD
mechanism, able to play MP3, WMA and AAC files as well as regular CDs. It uses
a double-layer chassis for rigidity and vibration suppression.The player
employs a 192kHz/24bit Cirrus Logic CS4398 DAC
and low noise crystal oscillator master clock. The deck also has a discrete headphone
amplifier with its own volume control and HDAM-SA2 amplifier, complete with
adjustable gain setting. This is the best of both worlds.
From the review, it was highly praised :
http://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/marantz-hd-cd1
I have always love tube amplifier. As such, my plan is to match it with my Elekit tuTu. nevertheless, I am also tempted to try the amplifier by Marantz (Photos from the internet) as a set as well
The Marantz HD-AMP1 has the matching look.
Doing my research now...
