Bret Ludwig wrote:
bassett wrote:
Bill Riel" wrote in message
says...
Howard Ferstler wrote:
One problem is that it might be hard
these days to even find an affordable CD player.
Is that just a USA thing ?
Plenty here in the UK e.g.
http://www.richersounds.co.uk/produc...S&s ort=price
No, you can get affordable CD players. The lower end Denons are quite
good and don't cost much for example.
For the OP: nothing wrong with using a DVD player as a CD player in
terms of sound quality. My only annoyance with them is that usually they
are kind of slow when accessing or skipping tracks compared to CD
players.
Bill
Really, have you considered the quality of the DAC in the DVD player
compaired with the design of the DAC in a dedicated CD player.
There really is quite a differance, But if your happy with your DVD
player, I;ll just stay in my kennel. I'm just glad I don't need to put up
with a crap DVD player, for my music systems.
Have you heard the performance of the A5 CD player from Musical Fidelity,
considered by some to be the best CD Player ever, It really might change
your opinion.
The Musical FIdelity pieces I have heard have convinced me their name
is a misnomer. They also have the habit of using obsolete parts which
they have cornered the market on so as to pork you in the butt when
replacements are needed.
Many DVD players have reasonable DACs. There is no evidence that many
expensive CD-only ones use better, nor that any CD or universal player
works as well as relatively modest priced DAC units at any price point.
What does the most expensive DAC chipset out there cost, anyway?
How esoteric do you want to be ?
There's a number of very competent stereo DACs for around $2.50 in manufacturing quantitites. I've
been using Wavefront's.
http://www.wavefrontsemi.com/index.php?id=11,12,0,0,1,0
Hmmmm..... down to $1.95 now !
The real cheapo DVD and CD players may be using an 'integrated' DAC though in part of 'another
chip' and these will definitely be inferior.
AKM don't seem to have pricing on their site. This seems to be their top one.
http://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/akm/en/...94/ak4394.html
No luck on pricing with Cirrus either
http://www.cirrus.com/en/products/pro/detail/P1023.html
$9.95 for TI's ( Burr Brown ) best
http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folder.../pcm1792a.html
Graham