Yamaha CD-S1000

Zitat: Pro: + Style and solidity of build + excellent engineering + powerful yet sweet sound Contra: - Bettered by some for sheer impact - not without competition at this level

Zitat: Pro: + Strong bass + Excellent look and feel Contra: - Music seems focussed in the upper midrange to the detriment of overall communication

Zitat: Pros: + Battleship build quality and a smooth operator. CDs yielded finely detailed staging and audio performance. Even the most raucous music is well-harnessed and nicely rendered. SACD performance was smooth and detailed, almost creamy. Cons: - Styling is a bit seventies which may not be a minus point for some. Slight suggestion of overzealous processing. All these players are well removed from the budget end of the market and they´re all a bit special in their ability to extract information from CDs (or SACDs). All of them did well in resolution and timing, and all delivered a pleasingly-focussed sound stage. The Yamaha has excellent lower register resolving power and a fineness of detail to keep listeners happy, yet it couldn´t quite keep up with the pack. This was due in part to a performance which was perhaps just a little too smooth. It probably needs to be mated to a system with plenty of attack to strike the right balance. Then we have the extremely versatile Quad with its choice of fixed or variable gain line outputs and its ability to process the digital outputs of other devices. However, we felt it was straying a little outside the optimum with a slightly larger than life presentation. The Cyrus puts in a stunning sonic performance with all the right attributes including reassuring accuracy. The Roksan and Cyrus are awfully close in performance and they both gain the higher sonic ground over the other two. There´s a cigarette paper between them, but for our money, we would buy some Kandy.

Zitat: Dieser Yamaha-Player dürfte das Comeback des Jahres weiter forcieren, denn er spielt CDs wie SACDs auf sehr hohem klanglichen Niveau, mit Fluss und Rhythmus, überzeugt zudem mit guter Ausstattung und – nicht zuletzt aufgrund des hauseigenen Top-Laufwerks– wertiger Haptik gleichermaßen.

Zitat: Seine Qualitäten offenbart der Yamaha vor allem mit SACDs. Dann kann er seine Spielfreude und seine klare Auflösung voll zur Geltung bringen.