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

A few years ago there were some DAC makers that recommended DVD players as transports for their DACs. I believe it may have been Bel Canto or EVS, but please don't take my word for it.

Many new CD players are using DVD or computer derived ROM drives. I am no expert, but it seems to me very few CDPs use a dedicated CD drive anymore, and a well designed and executed DVD player should be equal or possibly superior from what I can gather as they use newer technology anyhow. I have a Bel Canto PL-2 and I honestly think it is the equal of my previous Ayre CX-7e as a player, not just a transport, but it plays dvd's, SACD and DVDA with only one box on my shelf. Not sure if there is a "correct" answer on this as transports and DAC's are always about synergy anyhow...

Personally I can't hear anything missing. I've been using an inexpensive Sony DVD changer as a transport into a Bel Canto DAC 1.1. I'm moving this player into our HT system and am replacing it with a Sony Dvpnc 555es as a transport.

This player allows you to turn off the video circuitry and appears to be very well thought out. Although it costs much more than the player it's replacing I don't expect to hear any difference.

I have about a 15k system and don't feel I should spend more on a better transport. My system sounds so good already I'm quite satisfied. Moving a bass trap in my room would be more of a difference than between transports.

I appreciate everybody's input. I'd like to hear from an engineer who could say why a dvd player won't work as well as a cd player for a transport though.

I'd like to hear from an engineer who could say why a dvd player won't work as well as a cd player for a transport though.

Don't hold your breath. An engineer would tell you it doesn't matter what you use as a transport, as long as it can deliver the appropriate stream of bits to the DAC. And most $50 DVD players on the market have no trouble doing that at all.

Like Davetherave, I also have a DAP-777. I purchased a brand new CAL Audio DVD player after they went out of bsuiness for $800. Original cost was $2,500 It has balanced output to feed into the DAP-777. It also had a very expensive transport mechanism.

The review in Stereophile to Home Theatre stated the DVD portion was so-so but it had a state of the art transport section. Sound quality is outstanding. Also the video section can be turned off for less electrical interference. I can't see spending big bucks for a transport. (This replaced a Pioneer DVD model modified by Dan Wright that I used for 4 years with the Birdland DAC-Lite.)

I think John Marks addressed the issue of inexpensive transports in Sterophile stating that a used EAD player sounded fine.