TNT-Audio has published a review of the Italian-made North Star Sapphire CD player (GBP 1,500). Reviewer Maarten van Casteren had this to say of its sound:
It is more analytical than musical, but not to the point where this could ever be seen as a flaw. It has control and precision in spades, combined with excellent resolution, bandwidth and focus. It is a very honest player that gets more information from the disk than any player I’ve tried in this price range.
Read the entire review, and check out Mark Wheeler’s editorial on the elusive concept of PRaT.
Thanks for writing this.