I went through the DAC/transport vs dedicated CDP decision process about a year ago and decided on a Denon DCD-A110. IMHO it’ll go toe-to-toe with any product within spitting distance of its price point ($3500).
CDP or Transport and DAC? Recomendations?
Current setup:
Rega Apollo CDP
BlueSound Node 2i
Rega P6 TT (upgrading to P8 after 1st of 2022, when I can hopefully find a new one)
Rogers High Fidelity KWM88 Integrated
Tekton Moab
Looking for advice on a CD upgrade. Budget around $5000. Want new equipment. Is it better to look at a separate transport/dac or a cdp in that price range? What are your recomendations?
Have around 3000 cd’s dating back to the mid 80’s when cd’s first came out. Have SACD’s as well as burned cdr’s. Need to play everything.
The Audiogon members are always the most helpful and I appreciate your time/thoughts.
Thanks
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I believethat you are definitely on to something here. It seems that when audio manufacturers are after the best Redbook CD playback they can manage, they choose to go exclusively CD only. No DVD, SACD, Blue Ray etc. Dedicate all energy and resources to getting the most from CD only.
It seems that this single focused approach (Rather than jack of all trades) very likely yields the best sound quality result. The Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 transport has been mentioned in this thread. I own one and the sound quality is superb! It's very difficult to bring a listening session to a close for the night. Small/compact form factor design? Yes. Big performance envelop? Yes. Front panel buttons are small, however the supplied remote control can be used if desired for "all" operating functions. Paired with a good quality DAC and you'll have a first rate digital front end if you enjoy playing CDs. Charles
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I would vote for transport and dac. Leaves you with better options to upgrade and change the flavor or your setup via dac. A few days ago I hooked up my old Nad 541i to my dac and started spinning cds. Wow. Better than streaming via the Node and better than playing from ss drive from the node. Seems to lift a small amount of “digital” and sounds more relaxed and analog. I was pondering upgrading my streaming system but now it’s just gonna be cd. I think you need to spend lotsa dough on a streamer and pay much attention to your internet to rival cd. |
In that price range many seem to think quite highly of the Nuprime CDT-8 Pro and the Audiolab 6000 CDT. Charles |
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