I receied the ZEN ZCD today and have been playing disk after disk for almost 5 straight hours and the player is opening up and sounding wonderful after first day of play. Out of the box it wasn't up to its duties,But I was sure it neede alot of time to settle in and at the 5 hour mark I alreay can hear what this special player is all about.
Detail galore extnded highs very,very transparent.Ahuge soundstage presentation when the material is recorded as such.
A very faithful player to the music it encodes.
I would be curious how it would stack up against an ARC CD-8 Tube cd player that I think cost 10k.
But it does somewhat remind me of the sonics from that player several months ago when I listened to it.
I only have 5 hours on the player and have heard a reproduction of a small triangle in a group with acostic guitars as well.But what impressed me was I could hear all the inner timbre of the triangle for the first time from a cd. This has never happened to me before.
Yes live in my symphony, But not from a cd. I am truly amazed at what this player may be capable of doing. My wife is in the living room much more as well listening to the music. I think I fell asleep 3 times to Dinan Krall. I'm not sure if it was her puttinhg me to sleep or the player.LOL. I mean that in a good way. I was so relaxed listening to everything.
I may listen some more late night when things quiet down.
Ill keep u all posted.
Don C.
Happy Listening