The sound quality after tubes beats any portable recorder and player, including those new and old portables from Sony, aiwa, and Sharp. It sounds extremely clean and produces very high resolution sound at all frequencies even with a regular SP recording. I also try with some balanced armatures (CK100Pro definitely won AS10 blindly) to classic music, wow these put myself back in a theater and I can hear lower harmonic tremoring from stage and reflecting from wall! Some said the disc reading/loading mechanism is noisy, but to our young ears, it's not. We set it and use it at our bedside, no kidding.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Beautiful mechanical operation, and astounding audio quality.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned