What's wrong with a DVD player as a transport?

My beleif is that as more circuitry is added to a component, the more complicated the signal path becomes thus degrading sound quality. In developing a high end system, a primary goal should be to minimze the complexity of the signal path. A dvd player must read numerous formats, and as a result, the increased number of processes and electrical circuitry is likely to add coloration to the sound. I am not saying that a DVD player cannot be satisfactory as a cd transport, it is just less likely to be as good as a dedicated source.

A changer may sound inferior for a similair reason. The increased complexity due the addition of a motor (for cycling through discs), is likely to interfere with the required circuitry for playing discs thus sacrificing sonics.

This is just my oppinion as I would not call myself an expert. I have, though, experienced with DVD players as transports without much success.

Warner,

I don't think there is necessarily a technical reason why a DVD player or a changer is an inferior transport. Typically I think the reason is simple economics.

Obviously a DVD player and/or a changer has more complexity than a dedicated CD player or transport. There are more components and more/different signal paths.

There is no reason why a manufacturer could not build a DVD player/changer that would be a great transport, however, they typically won't because the price would be out of reach for most of the buying public. Why build a great product if it just puts your company out of business because it doesn't sell?

Obviously a DVD player can be a great transport. Look at the praise on this site for the mod'd APL Denons and ModWright Sonys. By all accounts they are have excellent CD performance from a DVD based machine. Why didn't the OEM just build the player this way? Economics.....

Enjoy,

TIC

I would guess most of the 10k and above, universal players probably ain't to bad as cd players;and I've read some of the moded uni's--Den.3910/5910-- ain't chopped liver,either.I would say the quality of the parts and the implementation of the circuitry come into play.