My wife bought me a Velodyne Sub for my birthday. This caused a cascade of upgrades, of which the Nak is one. I did an A/B test (non-blind) against the similarly-priced Rotel (I can't remember the model) at the store , and the Nak easily won. The test system was a Nak power amp (don't know which model, but it was HUGE), and a decent-size set of Thiel speakers. I found the Nak to have an overall smoother, rounder sound. There was a bit of an edge to the Rotel's sound that I didn't prefer.I've found that I like the "music bank" approach to loading CDs. Originally, I thought it wouldn't be very convenient. However, I like the fact that you can treat the unit just like a single-disk player if you want, or load it up and let 'er rip. I also find that the "play all random" feature makes sense. I may date myself here, but one of my old roomates had one of the first Sony changers and its random play had the ridiculous habit of playing the same track twice (or more) within very little elapsed time. Perhaps all players have improved in this regard, but the Nak is my first experience with a random play feature done right.In my system, the piece has really performed great. It replaces an OLD Technics single play. I don't have the time or patience to have done A/B comparisons at home, but my system sounds amazingly better these days (of course, the only original component left is my set of Solid speakers).Fit and finish are great, but the display is quite spartan. The unit doesn't let you know how many tracks total are on the CD (or maybe I should RTFM again :) ), nor does it report remaining time on the current track (total time and total remaining time *are* available, however. Also, some features are available only on the (uninspired) remote.If you're into function and great sound over form, the Nak is for you. Otherwise, skip it in favor of a flashier machine.

7 CD Changer

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Great unit uses the same CD Changer as the 2300.00 MCD 7008.
Sounds as good or better at a fraction of the cost .Highly recomend

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Clean design, 7 disk bank, build quality

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Bought floor model and have been very happy with it, sound quality can be overwhelming at times, almost too acurate.

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7 Disc Changer

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Bought unit used to use as a secondary player.After damping the body with deflex sheets and soundcoat which removed all vibration and added weight to the unit this player now sounded very very good.It sounded right up there with the CD1.It tramped all over the cambrige CD6 and the D500.It made them sound low fi in comparison.Sound is detailed big soundstage very smoth.The damping really made a bif difference.This type of damping is not found in this price range of player.You find this in High end players.The damping would add 600.00 at the retail level.Anyone who wants to try this will be amazed at the improvment it can make.I highly recomend this player and if you can dampen it its a steal and will compete with 1000/1500 players of the same generation.

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