2 channel CD player advice

I hope this is the right place to post this question. I have an older 2 channel system in need of a new source. This system consists of Levinson No. 28 preamp, No. 27 amp, Magnapan 3.5R speakers. The old source RIP was a Proceed MRC 100.

I have been searching reviews and asking around at the local high end shops. Here are a few that I have interest in:
Ayre CX-7e
Primare CD31
Marantz sa-11s1
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Budget computer sound system suggestions?

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to get my notebook computer to have better sound but i have a really tight budget. I pretty much live on my notebook so it's most practical and affordable to upgrade the sound on that rather than investing in a home system.

I recently purchased the Creative SB Audigy 2 Notebook and a pair of Shure e3c's. The sound improved but I'm not satisfied. I've never owned or even listened to a great sound system but i know that the sound can get a lot better than this.

Product rave...Westone ES49

I've been checking out some of those 'ear care' products that are supposed to attenuate volume yet preserve frequency response and I recently got fitted for the ES49 filters made by Westone and headed out into the amplified fray.

On Saturday night, Big Mike, another friend, and I went to the Social Distortion show and stood at the back edge of the mosh area and took in the sights and sounds.

Audio Doctor February Open House

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Is It Real? Or Is It... Page 2

Is It Real? Or Is It... Page 2

Enid Lumley accosted me in the corridors of Santa Monica's BayView Plaza Hotel in March: "That doesn't sound like a real piano!" I was taken aback. The sound to which the redoubtable Ms. Lumley was referring emanated from a 7' Steinway we had hired for <A HREF="http://www.performancerecordings.com/">James Boyk</A> to play at the <I>Stereophile</I> show. Jim was conducting a series of tutorials on how the sound of a real piano is constituted, so Enid's criticism, on the face of things, seemed absurd. As my face obviously showed this conclusion, she hastily explained that, of course it <I>was</I> a real piano, but the fact that it overloaded the 40-seat room in which it was being played caused it to sound different from the sound of a real piano played in a concert hall. To lead visitors to the show to expect piano records to sound similar to what Jim was producing was dishonest.

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