The Rega Planet CD player is advice to people who does the lack of musicality of the CD compared to 33rpm. Rega is a registered rpute to his turntable and it feels like the ds Premire cost; bnficiant warm while the precision of the CD. This is a music player!
Listen to it on an audiophile and you all will understand that the Yamaha or Sony CD players are steeper in the audio message and less specific on (short for two ends of the spectrum). The A / D converter is not everything in a CD player, there is also the transport part (the disk media and the engine rotation) - here the disk is possible on the boti and heavy rigid cast aluminum cover and press the o greater stability of the disk and better insulation from the rest of the electronics - and some pr-amplification of the signal that gives the sound aesthetic.
I test a number of CD players before acqurir this: Onkyo DX-7333 (although for the price but far less specific on), Rotel RCD-02 (its a bit dcharn and clinical), NAD (message a bit messy), Atoll CD80 (very dynamic, but less specific on warm Rega), Cambridge Audio Series 500 (but much less than Rega Contents), Marantz CD6000 OSE (good but a little less specific on the Rega), Yamaha (message steep lacking fluidity.
However, to enjoy the qualities of this plate, we need the amp, speakers and cables (very important) are of the same level.
If you doubt the qualitative contribution of a good turntable, as I thought a few years ago, then made the blind test and you will understand.
With exprience, I n'achterai more platinum range of Rega and will be on the list of CD player that I listen if I were to replace the Planet. For now, always with great pleasure I listen to music it broadcasts.
I am not 10 because there are even better turntables, but unfortunately their prices are significantly multimdia.