next step: speakers vs. amp?

[topspeed]

I'm surprised you guys feel the Cambridge is a bright sounding cdp. I feel exactly opposite, which is why I bought it over competing NAD, Rotel, and Denon CDP's. My Missions are bright speakers...with semi-ellipse horn loaded tweets, there is simply no way around this fact. Because of this, I needed a warm sounding front end. The CA's are exactly that and nicely tame any residual brightness to the speaks. The latest TAS supports this view in their review.

I've got this thing on for 10-12 hours a day so if there was any fatigue involved, trust me I would know!

BTW, Funnyhat:

Without question, speaker will make a far more drastic difference in perceived sound than amplification.