Studer A-730 Mk1

 

I’ve owned this CD player for nearly 30 years, it got two minor surgeries and always played like music.

Today, I gave it a spin and… I admit the TDA-1541-S2 “Double Crowns”  DAC is always surprisingly good and smooth and natural sounding.

Paul Bley’s humming and thundering piano are so lifelike on this recording.

After weeks spent listening to SACDs’ on more “modern” (for my standards, they are ☺️) disk-players, the full bodied, no frills sound of the venerable Studer is as good as the memory of a favorite dish cooked by your mom that you taste again as an adult, immediately returning to being a happy child, again.

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