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Price Paid:
$1000.00
from Auckland ,New Zealan Summary: Having spent allot of time with the Denons over the years ,this player was hard to beat in that price range.
I had the the 1015 AB''ed with it''s bigger brothers the DCD3000 and S10 (which was approx ten times the price then)and whilst the 1015 did not have the finesse and reality of the S10 it still fared very well.I really think that most of the cheaper players can do 95% of what the megabuck players can do sonically.
Listening to Paul Simons Concert in the park cd reveals some foward mids in the vocals and little loss of focus ,identification and sharpness of the surrounding instruments in this live recording, but the overall presentation of the sound is still very balanced , very Denon.
They really give the sound a nice smooth over with their DSP processing
...like nice icing on an average cake. Strengths: Very musical for the asking price
Gold version is very classy finish!
Coaxial out & optical out.Drives 250 ohm
headphones with great SPL!
Good overall balance even with very revealing speakers.EG: Shahinians. Weaknesses: CD transport tray very wobbly (most are
unfortunately)
Can be under defined and a "smoothed" over
sound .Lacks a bit of detail which the upper price range players give. Similar Products Used: Direct AB''s with Denon DCD3000 , S10
Also AB''d with HHB professional CR recorder and Alesis CD H/D Recorder.
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