I just burgh a pair of dsp8000 and dumped 1000 kg. of high-end equipment, cables and + 10 liters of “snake-oil”. The best thing is that I have stopped reading/buying hi-fi magazines and looking back on the many articles and reviews I have read over the years I now think that a high number of the reviewers must be on drugs or more understandable; commission!

I am running the D8Ks with a relatively inexpensive Pioneer DVD-player. I am very happy with the sound, far better than what I had before. My Meridian dealer suggested that a “better” CD/DVD drive would result in an even better sound-quality. I have now become very skeptical to any hi-fi woo do. Please share some of yours experience with CD-drives for the DSP-speakers? Can the difference between a $ 200 Pioneer and a $12000 Meridian 808 be justified? A secondhand Meridian CD-player ? but is it n better than say a new Pioneer DVD!?

Greetings from Norway

Sooloos 2X MC600, Magico S3, Devialet D400, Micro Seiki DQX-500