I must confess I was blown away this afternoon when Mario dropped of his spare modded CD94 for me to borrow for a while and compare to my CD50.
The results were astounding and dramatic. The bottom end was much tighter, top end resolution was the most dramatic improvement, and the mid range smoothness went to another level. The openness and improvement to sound staging was staggering. The music well and truly surpassed the width of the speakers but also gained what seemed another metre in height. The music was fuller, richer, and smoother with significant increases in top end and bottom end resolution. The top end not only had more detail but also more weight, which is difficult to describe if you haven’t heard it. Detail and weight with no trade off, who would have thought?
The biggest overall sweetener IMO was the system seemed to suddenly just click. The CD94 added a sense of balance and overall harmony. It was as if it took hold of the loose ends you didn’t know existed and resolved them as soon I pushed ‘play’.
I hope my CD85 can come pretty close to Mario’s CD94!
All the hype surrounding the CD94 is IMO well founded and justified.
