CDSA SE with Upgrade – First Impressions
These are just first impressions… and we are still looking forward to a direct shootout between the CDSA with the upgrade [mostly the new metal transport] and the CDSA without.
But the sound seems more refined, more finesse, more smoother, more transparent than the old CDSA. The old CDSA was a little rougher, but a little more dynamic than the CDSD and DCC2 combo. The upgrade seems to put it closer in sound to that combo – and hopefully without loosing any of its old dynamics and ‘life’.
Sounded pretty good yesterday… anyway. The transport definitely has a more ‘uptown’ feel to it. Nice.
Thanks for the photos of the new transport. It does look more up scale than the old one. Neli was telling me about it the other day. I’m curious what you think about it after you get about 700 hours on it.
Thanks, Steve.
Boy, those hours. They tick by kind of slowly sometimes…
We’ll be at 700 hours somewhere around April 1st…. 🙂
Take care,
Mike.