DVD Player, Better Sound?

It depends on the DVD player but I am going to make an educated guess that if your DVD player is new (say within the past 2 years) it will definetly sound better. Cd tehcnology has come along way since 86. If you where using a much higher end player from 86 I would not be so sure. Hope that helps.

I agree with Drhst20. I recently went from a mid-80's Marantz CDP to a more recent, last 3 years, CDP with a tubed analog stage. The difference was huge. There are some very good all digital units out there today. I don't think that DVD is anything special, but a technology update is worth it.

Try it. You'll like it.

I agree with Drhst20. There is an interesting review by John Atkinson, I believe, in this month's Stereophile where he compared a cheap DVD player to a high end CD player, and found it listenable and, while no match for the high-end player overall, still a good performer. I myself substituted a Sony DVD player for an old, late 80's Sony CD player in a friend's system, and found the DVD player much better. I think it's more a matter of better digital circuitry compared with what was available at the price point in the 80's than anything else.

I found my DVD player to sound alot better than my CD player. The DVD player sounds better because it has better Digital to analog converters in the player as opposed to my CD player.