Teac PD-H600 Reference Series CD Player

Comments about Teac PD-H600 Reference Series CD Player:

I did a bit of research on this player-and all the 'pro' reviews came up excellent-each described just the sound I was looking for in a redbook player.
Very solid build-takes a few cues from Teac's Esoteric line. Solid remote. Nice 10 amp power cord. Packaging first rate-double box.
Soundwise-highly musical and detailed. It will give you every detail contained on your cd's, in a very musical and rewarding listening experience.
No one thing stands out-except the music. This is the way digital, or any source material should sound for that matter. It's about the music-not the equipment, or how this sounds or that sounds-it's the music that matters. And this is what this player is all about.
No, it doesn't sound analog. Why should it? It's a digital player-not a turntable or tape deck. Cd's aren't analog in the first place-they have no business sounding analog. Tube cd players and such-tube buffers are a gimmick, and do more to ruin the sound of cd's IMHO then help. A waste of money IMHO.
If you want analog-cue up a lp.
On the other hand-it won't 'Wolfsonize' your cd collection to the point of in your face detail-ripping out of your speakers, with little coherence, musicality, or off beat rhythm. No strange layering of sounds, or diffuse soundstaging, to trick you into thinking this player has something over the others. No gimmicks.
If you want to listen to cd's they way they should sound-highly musical and detailed-with out any digital harshness-then this is your player.
It gives you the quality solid construction. No transport noise, transformer humming. No disc reading problems, finkikyness.
It gives you a highly quality, understated appearence that will look good in any system. It gives you all the features you need in redbook playback. And it give high quality parts and thoughtful circuit layout and design. No gimmicks.
But the biggest thing it gives you-it's ability to present highly musical sound-and make it's self and your equipment disappear.
To me, this is the highest compliment one could give to any sort of digitial player. Or a turntable, cartridge, preamp, etc.
To any piece of audio equipment.
The ability to render music-without drawing attention to it's self.
Who cares about this midrange detail, clarity, big bass-super wide soundstage etc, etc.?
The flow and detail of music it what matters, just like any fine instrument. The rest will follow, as it should.
And this player is a fine one at that.
It's not cheap-but if you have a substantial investment in cd's-it's quite the bargin.