Its the reason there lives no CD in the house, only in the car and pc's the last 18 years.
I was a bit of a hifi buff at the time without going overboard choosing the right products and modifying them.
Still Have Roksan Xeres, Artemis, Ortofon MC2000, Audionote wired on Target wall stand sand filled and extra 3 spike Y piece, with Ion 3 and X pack substantially modded feeding through tri wired French cable? and steel coax to Dynaaudio SBS suitably modded, its load tolerant.
Has soundstaging only expensive US and Jap top end can deliver, music starts and stops instant, timing absolute not mingled together brought about using some Holco (approx. 100 x 30p), Vishay resistors (2 x £10), Schotkys (64 x 50p), Caps, 6N silver plated cable for peanuts. To me and ION in Wales it outperformed amps then 1999 circa £2k for £450.
The mid Welsh built ION 3 and X Pack late 80's early 90's, pre amp stage uses two 144W transistors, very Naim sounding on the cheap. How did new Ion they get above name.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTEBkX308YX1jRd5cuOeuD_M2t7Y9sQZ87w3Y0sPf2-KuR6a-CV0wMight flog mine seeing this, fully working with factory rebuilt arm on top, Audionote, sorbothane etc and £400 trade in on MC2000 as well. Doesn't even have the rear weight on tonearm or expensive PSU £650.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROKSAN-XERXES-TURNTABLE-ARTEMIZ-TONEARM-SHIRAZ-CARTRIDGE-/111540851024?pt=UK_AudioVideoElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_HiFiSpeakers&hash=item19f85a5150Best cd based sysyetm at time Meridiam Active starting at £11k in 91 above wiped the floor with.
Sign of a good hifi is outsiders think its excessively loud hearing every word with all doors and windows closed. You wont get that with cd but the high sampling rate stuff comes close.