DVD player playing CD's

Thanx for the answers. I have a UBP X800 Sony and is considered a great DVD reference player. I also recently purchased a Bifrost 2 and Freya+.  I just connected it up and am soo impressed but was wondering if a cd player without a DAC would sound any better...

Use it, and enjoy!

 Use a couple pioneer dv players ourselves,...all sound great!

 Use a McCormack udp, sounds fine as well.

 Use it.

 My last cd only player was the Yamaha cds300 I think, sounded amazingly open, and airy! It didn’t last and didn’t play a few CDs, for which I should of overlooked, as she was an amazing sounding player!

 I do miss it, but the Pioneer dv-79 is one of the best players I’ve heard in a long time, great features and great sound.

 My last 2 players I owned have long since gone, and I loved the moth!,! Onkyo dx-7500
Acurus ACD-11

I used to use a Sony UBP x800 to play cd's.  It sounded fine.  However, I now use a Meridian 598 DVD audio player to play my cd's and the sound is even better.  The Meridian does have a dvd vs just a cd transport.  The electronics of the Meridian of course is among the best in the industry, and its about 10+ years old.

I am surprised how good the sound is out of my Marantz U7007 blu ray player through my Yggdrasil via digital coax.

Don’t know what a hi-end DVD player sounds like, but I can tell you for sure that a low-end DVD-player is sh*t compared to any routine dedicated CD-player. (I was told they had two different lasers and related circuitry? So that essentially what you’re getting for a cd-player is at best equivalent to one that would cost half as much. Is that true? )