It depends on the sound card or DAC; assuming a decent CD Drive and everything else.
I ran direct to my amp from an M-Audio Revolution and it was pretty good - couldn't touch my Simaudio Moon Nova; but definitely good. I have since switched to a Stereolink USB DAC and the gap has shrunk even more.
Certainly a lot better than my Sony DVP-NS4000 DVD Player.
Note: Using Foobar as the player without any tweaks.
I ran direct to my amp from an M-Audio Revolution and it was pretty good - couldn't touch my Simaudio Moon Nova; but definitely good. I have since switched to a Stereolink USB DAC and the gap has shrunk even more.
Certainly a lot better than my Sony DVP-NS4000 DVD Player.
Note: Using Foobar as the player without any tweaks.