McCormack UDP-1 CD Players Reviews


McCormack UDP-1
MSRP:
$
  • Audiophile-quality player
  • High-resolution formats
  • Multi-channel analog preamplifier
  • Composite Video Outputs

   
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Reviewed by:

thomasj

(AudioPhile)

Review Date
October 30, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

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Price Paid:  $1900.00 from On AudioGon

Summary:
This UDP-1 came to me virtually brand new. The sound is between tube and solid state. The portrayal of images, space,a nd easxe are the best I ahve ever heard in my sytem. THe UDP-1 sets a wide and deep soundstage, with each voice or instrument precisely (but not artificially) set out in the recording space. I have never felt so relaxed or invited while listening to digital. Ii miss a bit of air that I give up from my ModWright tubed Philips SA1000, but the McCormack does absolute magic with CD's and HiRez discs!

Strengths:
Clarity, soundstage, ease of listening, bass, vocal depth, solidity of build (like a tank), great looking.

Weaknesses:
Looses a bit of air to tubed units, but has much more of a tubed, than solid state, feel to the sound.

Similar Products Used:
Mark Levinson #37 and #360s, Sony SCD-1, AudioMeca Mephisto II, Muse integrated universal player


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