HIGH-END CD players: HEGEL Viking vs. SCHIIT Urd + DAC

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**CORRECTION**: The Kraftwerk box set shown in this video is the 2009 version 🤦🏻‍♂️

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0:00 Intro
1:22 Backstory
4:34 Kraftwerk CD box set
7:49 vs. Mohican
10:18 vs. Schiit URD + DAC
14:28 abschließende Gedanken

👉 As seen in this video...

Hegel Viking
📖 darko.audio/2023/06/hegel-announces-viking-a-puris…

15 reasons why I still buy CDs
📺 darko.audio/2022/08/15-reasons-why-i-still-buy-cds…

Steve Hoffman forum on 2004 Kraftwerk 'Der Katalog'
🚿 forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/kraftwerk-2004-the-…

Hegel Mohican & more
📖    • NOT DEAD YET: CD playback w/ Hegel, P...  

Schiit Urd
📖 darko.audio/2023/07/schiits-urd-shreds-the-cd-play…

FiiO R7
📺 darko.audio/2023/06/fiio-r7-video-review/

Hegel H590
📺 darko.audio/2018/10/a-short-film-about-the-hegel-h…

AudioQuest balanced interconnects
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IKEA Gnedby
📖 darko.audio/2020/03/ikea-discontinues-gnedby-cd-st…

Cables and power products by AudioQuest
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Hi-fi furniture and speaker stands by Solid Steel
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Room treatment by Vicoustic
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