SimAudio CD Players
 

They get good press, but I cannot find many discussions about them on the interwebs.

Curious as to reliability as "The Boss" has finally granted permission to upgrade my CXC transport to a nicer transport or player. As a retiree this will be the last spinner I ever purchase. So I gotta make it count.

Budget is around $US2K, so the SimAudio Neo260D transport seems perfect. I plan to run through my D100 so a player is not really needed.

I like the new Bryston CD player,however at 3.5bones it's gonna be a stretch and not sure if the DAC redundancy is ideal.

Any SimAudio player owners here care to chime in?

Humbuster.......Reading the online information and the owner's manual for the SimAudio Neo260D, it certainly appears to be a very nice transport with the option of also having a DAC installed. Using the player as a transport only with the McIntosh D100 should give you excellent sound. SimAudio's products are well made so this transport shold last you a long time.

Here is the Owner's manual for those interested: http://www.simaudio.com/DATA/PRODUIT...tional-dac.pdf

I am only guessing here, but I think dan's recent change of avatar is only priming us for holiday season...

All things being equal is the Bryston BCD3 player @ $3500 US a better purchase sound wise and reliability than the Simaudio 260d (DAC and transport) @ $3000US?

Interested in hearing from Bryston CD player owners about their impressions.

Auditioned the 260D today.

A truly superb player. I cannot conceive of any player at this price point sounding better.

Placing my order shortly.

I would sell the D100 and stretch for the 500/600 series player/dac. They are superb and I suspect will surpass the performance of the D100. :music: :thumbsup:

Please elaborate, do you mean McIntosh spinners?. Additional information appreciated.

I was very impressed at the 260D. I believe it will provide a very cost effective improvement to my system and unlike the Bryston player, I have the option to install the internal DAC to the 260D if necessary.

Are you sure about the 3.5K US?...

That is the MSRP for CDN dollars.

James Tanner has now confirmed they begin shipping 23 Dec.

Here is the latest pic...

http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=154996

That will go very nicely with the my BDA3... :yes:

I'm hoping to take delivery of mine during the holidays..and I will report back.

As a point of comparison, I'm currently listening to my music via SONOS (Remedy Clocker) -> BDA3... which I think is very good. Once the CD3 is in the mix the sound should be better.

Local dealer in US quoted me US$3495.