"I have a really special loudspeaker I want you to hear," said Immedia's Allen Perkins at Home Entertainment 2006.

"I have a really special loudspeaker I want you to hear," said Immedia's Allen Perkins at Home Entertainment 2006.

"I have a really special loudspeaker I want you to hear," said Immedia's Allen Perkins at Home Entertainment 2006.

"I have a really special loudspeaker I want you to hear," said Immedia's Allen Perkins at Home Entertainment 2006.

"I have a really special loudspeaker I want you to hear," said Immedia's Allen Perkins at Home Entertainment 2006.

At $2295, the CD31 is the most expensive integrated CD player from Swedish manufacturer Primare, and an evolution of their D30.2, which I <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/604primare">reviewed</A&gt; in the June 2004 <I>Stereophile</I>. I knew that the CD31 wasn't a clean-sheet design, but my first look suggested that it wasn't even much of an evolution&mdash;a comparison of its and the D30.2's spec sheets matched almost line for line. When I asked Terry Medalen of Sumiko, Primare's US distributor, about the similarity, and if the CD31 was just a mild tweaking of the D30.2, he said, "Well, yes and no. You really need to listen to it."

At $2295, the CD31 is the most expensive integrated CD player from Swedish manufacturer Primare, and an evolution of their D30.2, which I <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/604primare">reviewed</A&gt; in the June 2004 <I>Stereophile</I>. I knew that the CD31 wasn't a clean-sheet design, but my first look suggested that it wasn't even much of an evolution&mdash;a comparison of its and the D30.2's spec sheets matched almost line for line. When I asked Terry Medalen of Sumiko, Primare's US distributor, about the similarity, and if the CD31 was just a mild tweaking of the D30.2, he said, "Well, yes and no. You really need to listen to it."

At $2295, the CD31 is the most expensive integrated CD player from Swedish manufacturer Primare, and an evolution of their D30.2, which I <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/604primare">reviewed</A&gt; in the June 2004 <I>Stereophile</I>. I knew that the CD31 wasn't a clean-sheet design, but my first look suggested that it wasn't even much of an evolution&mdash;a comparison of its and the D30.2's spec sheets matched almost line for line. When I asked Terry Medalen of Sumiko, Primare's US distributor, about the similarity, and if the CD31 was just a mild tweaking of the D30.2, he said, "Well, yes and no. You really need to listen to it."

At $2295, the CD31 is the most expensive integrated CD player from Swedish manufacturer Primare, and an evolution of their D30.2, which I <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/604primare">reviewed</A&gt; in the June 2004 <I>Stereophile</I>. I knew that the CD31 wasn't a clean-sheet design, but my first look suggested that it wasn't even much of an evolution&mdash;a comparison of its and the D30.2's spec sheets matched almost line for line. When I asked Terry Medalen of Sumiko, Primare's US distributor, about the similarity, and if the CD31 was just a mild tweaking of the D30.2, he said, "Well, yes and no. You really need to listen to it."

At $2295, the CD31 is the most expensive integrated CD player from Swedish manufacturer Primare, and an evolution of their D30.2, which I <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/604primare">reviewed</A&gt; in the June 2004 <I>Stereophile</I>. I knew that the CD31 wasn't a clean-sheet design, but my first look suggested that it wasn't even much of an evolution&mdash;a comparison of its and the D30.2's spec sheets matched almost line for line. When I asked Terry Medalen of Sumiko, Primare's US distributor, about the similarity, and if the CD31 was just a mild tweaking of the D30.2, he said, "Well, yes and no. You really need to listen to it."