Are DACs superior to top-graded regular CD Players

"When techs talks about caps getting old/tired/leaky and drying out this is directed at Electrolytic Caps."

Either that or they're talking about Schubert.

Nice attitude George..

Yeah, shoot straight and there no room for error, I don't know how to sugar coat things.
There's just too much voodoo in this obsession, like the sound of different mains fuses and such.

Cheers George

Don't think there will be a definitive answer to this question.

My personal preference after much experience is for separate DAC and transport. For instance, I currently own an Aesthetix Romulus Eclipse CDP and I prefer the sound from a separate transport (CEC) feeding the Romulus DAC.
Go figure, I have no explanation. In retrospect I would have been better off with the Aesthetix Pandora DAC.

I figured what the hell the transport in the CDP doesn't add that much cost over the DAC price so I went for the CDP. But I'm not using the CDP drive so what did I save?

The only voodoo bull**** in this thread is the bogus advice being given by a
a certain member who spends too much time reading 'Audio Engineering
for idiots' who espouses throwing money down the drain on a 25 year old
vintage player. Easy come, easy go as they say. Now I'll let you get back to
your little soap box...