DVD/CD player?
Discussion
Playing CDs on a DVD palyer is often a bit crap because you don't get the track number display, the skip track control and all that.
I have cheap Philips DVD player, which is great for playing DVDs, it has a pretty good DAC chip in it, but I played about 3 cds on it before heading to ebay to buy an actual CD player. the audio was fine, the 'MMI' was annoying.
Alternatively, I play equally few DVDs using a DVD drive on a mangy old PC.
I have cheap Philips DVD player, which is great for playing DVDs, it has a pretty good DAC chip in it, but I played about 3 cds on it before heading to ebay to buy an actual CD player. the audio was fine, the 'MMI' was annoying.
Alternatively, I play equally few DVDs using a DVD drive on a mangy old PC.
P700DEE said:
I use an old top of the range DVD/CD/SACD player from Denon. Optical and Coax output. Get one with HDMI . Built to last , all formats supported.
I've got a Denon DVD-2910 that has HDMI out, price seems to vary wildly looking at sold items on Ebay, from £40-150 (IIRC they were circa £1k in the early '00s) excellent machines. I've also got a Denon DVD-2800MKII I really should see about moving on, no HDMI on that unfortunately as it predates it and has component outputs.
TEKNOPUG said:
I have a Sony BDP-S570 Universal Blu-ray Player, that has HDMI, Optical, Coaxial and audio outs, that you can buy, if I can find where I have put it. Plays SACDs too.
Snap! Exactly the same player here, with the optical output connected to my amp built in DAC. I rarely play CDs, but it sounds very acceptable and works perfectly. Interestingly I have been trying out a few things on my hi-fi set up which is over 20 years old but wont break.
I have a Cambridge Audio Azure 640a amplifier and a NAD 524 CD player - both owned from new. I decided I need to freshen up and decided to add Cambridge Audio DAC Magic 100 - as I'm still deciding what to upgrade to.
The DAC made a world of difference, so I decided to see how my Blu Ray players stacked up against my NAD going through the DAC.
I have Toshiba BDX3200 and a Samsung one of the BD series, though both a few years old are newer than my NAD CD player.
Did a blind test with my wife, played the same track on all three (Alan Parsons Project - Sirius), same volume and the NAD was better, I will try my newer Sony 4k player UBP-X800M2, which I am expecting to be much better as my beloved NAD player which I've owned since 1999.
Anyhow, it made up my mind, I will get a dedicated CD transport as part of my next system.
I have a Cambridge Audio Azure 640a amplifier and a NAD 524 CD player - both owned from new. I decided I need to freshen up and decided to add Cambridge Audio DAC Magic 100 - as I'm still deciding what to upgrade to.
The DAC made a world of difference, so I decided to see how my Blu Ray players stacked up against my NAD going through the DAC.
I have Toshiba BDX3200 and a Samsung one of the BD series, though both a few years old are newer than my NAD CD player.
Did a blind test with my wife, played the same track on all three (Alan Parsons Project - Sirius), same volume and the NAD was better, I will try my newer Sony 4k player UBP-X800M2, which I am expecting to be much better as my beloved NAD player which I've owned since 1999.
Anyhow, it made up my mind, I will get a dedicated CD transport as part of my next system.
Edited by Factualist on Thursday 23 January 14:12
Marantz are still making award winning CD players.
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/marantz-cd6007
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/marantz-cd6007
Edited by rossub on Thursday 23 January 17:51
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