Go with separate transport and dac. Check out the Wyred for sound 10th anniversary dac, one of the reviewers put it up against his VPI turntable with a $5,000 Japanese cartridge and he said it was every bid as analog sounding and I have the dac as well and I totally agree, it's not cheap it's $4,500 US but it beat up on a lot more expensive dacs from Cos, Mytek,Chord,SimAudio.
CDP or DAC?
I want to get back to playing and enjoying my 500+ cd's! Been listening 95% of the time to a nice high end turntable $15k+ setup but would also like to have the option of listening to my cd collection to where it sounds at least competitive with my vinyl enjoyment.
I have no interest in streaming just playing cd's. Does it make more sense to go with a cdp or transport and separate dac?
Budget $5 - $15k. Thoughts
I have no interest in streaming just playing cd's. Does it make more sense to go with a cdp or transport and separate dac?
Budget $5 - $15k. Thoughts
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if not a modwright modded or vsei sony i originally suggested... https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649751607-luxman-d03x/?utm_source=featured_ad&utm_medium=web... https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649756954-esoteric-x-03se-sacd-player-special-edition/ https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649748427-esoteric-k-03-cd-player-excellent-condition/ oh, and btw, most decent cd players have at least 1 or 2 digital outputs, so you can still use an outboard dac if you wish, now or later no time warp 😄 |
@aolmrd1241… Good point… perhaps that is not as well known as I thought. I assumed at this point most high end companies have positioned their CD players to be DAC / CD players. When I bought a Sim Moon 650D about ten years ago it was advertised as a DAC with a transport. As I have pointed out elsewhere, I use my ARC CD9se as a DAC and seldom use the transport. I haven’t done a lot of research on other CD players. But I would think anyone in the market for a CD player are auditioning it as a DAC as well. A CD player is a one box mechanical transport, dedicated streamer and DAC. |
@aolmrd1241 Yes, of course. My Oppo 105 has had streaming for a long long time. But the question for me is always SQ, just like whether reading data off a CD or off an HD yields better SQ. Will the combo unit stream as well as a dedicated streamer--always remembering that the quality of the bits delivered to the DAC matters. What I meant to say was obsolete was the use of disk readers, except for ripping. |
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