Some questions about the CD5

Geoff, you're on the money there. I've not understood this business about leaving the puck outside the machine.

Of course, the puck's little rubber feet do compress when a CD is in there. So it's advisable to remove discs after playing them, rather than leaving them in the player all night. It won't hurt if you just do it occasionally, but not as a matter of course.

Bear in mind that good players like the CDS2 are pretty much used all the time in a dealer's. Therefore they're almost always playing a disc and yet we've not had problems with the pucks.

Regards,
Frank.
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Hi Patrick,

so you did get the CD5, rather than wait what happens with SACD. Good thinking.

I was told to leave the puck out when not playing. I also think it's better to get a new puck when the little rubber feet are losing their bounce, after say a year. (I think that's why my machine ate the previous one.)

So will you tell us what the performance differences are between the Planet you used to have and the CD5? Every once in a while people ask, out here.

Herman

Hi Guys, thanks for the response.

Herm :

Compared to the Planet, the CD5 has a firm and tuneful bass and is tightly cohesive across the frequency range. It’s more urgent, more immediate and more involving than the Planet. The Planet is more polite and laid-back. The CD5 presents the whole picture in a more analogue way and it gave me faith in the old format. For the first time, I understand the feeling of "rediscovering my CDs".

If it’s of any interest, I auditioned a CD5 against a Jupiter this week.
When my much beloved Marantz CD94 CDA94 sang it’s last song, I was somewhat panic stricken, because I loved it’s sound so much, I wasn’t convinced anything could exactly replace it. I also hadn’t been in the market for good kit since 1988 and felt a bit out of touch.
I was really expecting to walk out of the shop with the Jupiter and was somewhat shocked by its “in yer face” presentation. Absolutely relentless. Brilliant imaging and layering but impossible (for me, at least) to listen to comfortably.
Plugging in a Genki was a big improvement in terms of listening comfort but it sounded rather too boxed in and polite.
Yes, you guessed, I took the CD5. It’s one of the most musical bits of kit I’ve ever heard. Reminds me a lot of what vinyl used to sound like (but obviously different).
I was going to listen to a Musical Fedility CD3 in another shop, but I liked the CD5 so much, I didn’t bother. Rash? I doubt it.
Best of all, after only two days the sound seems to be opening out and getting fuller as the player burns in.
Flat cap for Christmas I think…

BTW, what a brilliant forum. I found it yesterday.

HTK

Velcome to zee Club

Herman

I can see no benifit to keeping the puck out od the machine. Store the puck in the machine with no CD in. The rubbers will not be compressed, you won't lose it, and it won't get dirty/dusty.

Chaps

Leaving the puck in the machine is not advised.

My son left the puck upside down in the machine (CD3.5) has a matter of routine. This way he could easily find it and also the rubbers were not compressed.

One day he shut the tray and the puck fell of into the machine.

Getting the thing out was not easy.

Best to leave it outside unless you have the CDS11 type of player where there is no chance of that happening.

Regards

Mick

old puck

I always leave it out. Nonetheless it's bound to lose it's bounce over time.

That's why the best thing is just to get a new, juicy puck after say a year's use - preferably for free.

Herman