804D2 vs. CM9s?

[Exsg]

I bought my prima luna and ayre player 2nd hand and thank God, so far so good.

[djkev28]

I went from CM9 to 804D2 and found it a huge leap in performance. But it also depends on your supporting electronics and accessories. Running everything through an AVR with standard cables, I can see (or hear) how there wouldn't be much of a difference.

But I am using a Devialet D120, and just the speaker swap alone made a huge difference for me. To top it off, I started playing around with cables, and found that I can extract so much more out of the 804D2 but changing out power cables, speaker wire, etc. I will say that the you can hear more change with cables in the 804D2 than you can with the CM9. I think someone said that the CM9s sounded "busy" and that's exactly how I would described them. The 804D have so much separations and control, and it only gets better with supporting accessories.

I'm actually thinking of upgrading to 803D3 soon....

[bgiliberti]

Originally Posted by djkev28

I went from CM9 to 804D2 ...I'm actually thinking of upgrading to 803D3 soon....

You might want to hold on to those 804D2s. The 804D3s are not getting the best reviews. I have not heard them myself, however.

[krustycat]

Originally Posted by bgiliberti

You might want to hold on to those 804D2s. The 804D3s are not getting the best reviews. I have not heard them myself, however.

but the 803's d3 are very good [emoji4]

[bgiliberti]

Originally Posted by krustycat

but the 803's d3 are very good [emoji4]

Yes, and the reviews I read made that very point. But jeez, the price gap has really gotten wider, hasn't it? I wonder if they de-contented the 804D3 to keep the price down? However, if the reviews are correct that the 804D3 is not as good as the D2, that's not a smart move IMO -- the 800 series should all be no compromise builds, limited only by their respective size and number of driver configurations.

[malba2366]

Originally Posted by bgiliberti

You might want to hold on to those 804D2s. The 804D3s are not getting the best reviews. I have not heard them myself, however.

Where are you reading that? The one review I read was quite positive except of the $9k price.

[joey_v]

Originally Posted by bgiliberti

Yes, and the reviews I read made that very point. But jeez, the price gap has really gotten wider, hasn't it? I wonder if they de-contented the 804D3 to keep the price down? However, if the reviews are correct that the 804D3 is not as good as the D2, that's not a smart move IMO -- the 800 series should all be no compromise builds, limited only by their respective size and number of driver configurations.

Doubt the 800 are no compromise builds. If you watch the video, they even say they are made to a price point and are not no-compromise.