Review on YAMAHA CD-S1000BL Super Audio CD Player in Black for Enhanced Natural Sound Experience by Ada Kowalczyk ᠌

The player works with an A-S1000 amplifier and Paradigm Reference Studio 20 bookshelf speakers. I bought the amplifier first, and the player six months later, replacing it with a budget Denon DCD-700AE. Although the difference was significant, but, to be honest, the replacement of the impression amplifier was more impressive. As Pushkin once noted: “You are beautiful, no doubt; But she lives without any glory, Among the green oak forests, With the seven heroes, The one that is still sweeter than you. Not so long ago, I purchased an external Atoll DAC-100SE DAC to bring up, so to speak, the sound of an existing network player (Yamaha CD-N500) to a more serious level. And what was my surprise when, on the recording of the symphony orchestra, I heard exactly those timbres that I heard at a live concert, experienced the same feelings that I experienced in the concert hall. Now, of course, I also listen to the CD player through an external DAC. Sometimes, however, I try to return to direct listening, but this usually only enhances my impressions described in the shortcomings. At the same time, it is curious that both devices are implemented on the same chips - Burr-Brown PCM 1796 - and both are based on the "double mono" scheme, but Atoll turned out to be more natural, livelier, more believable. I categorically reject esoteric fantasies about the influence of different connecting cables, briefcases and documents - the cables are the same throughout the system. By the way, I note that in headphones (Stax SR-407) the difference is less pronounced. This is probably due to the fact that headphones are not able to convey the volume and scale to the same extent as speakers do. May I be forgiven that I have raised so much blasphemy on a good, in general, player. In no case do I want to dissuade or scare anyone from this device. However, I would recommend that you listen to several different models before buying, determine your priorities more precisely, and weigh the pros and cons without haste. Whatever you say, the player has its own specific manner of sound delivery, and everyone decides for himself how much he likes it.