Can DAC placement cause CD player skipping?

If a DAC is lying on top of or below a CD player is it more likely that the CD unit will skip or have drop outs?

strad54906-06-2006 2:07pm

eldartford Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,262 posts 06-06-2006 at 02:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Only at the time of full moon.
shadorne Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,477 posts 06-06-2006 at 04:40pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete DAC should always be below the CD player...in fact as a general rule audio components in a chain should always be mounted such that the earliest source is highest and the final output is lowest. (For obvious reasons, as gravity will assist in an unrestricted flow through the chain)
tobias Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,534 posts 06-06-2006 at 05:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Skips are far more likely to be mechanical or optical problems than electronic ones. Placement of the units should not make a difference one way or the other... unless that placement affects the mechanical isolation of the transport. If, for example, your digital interconnect is under physical tension, or if the DAC is on a surface prone to vibration and the transport is on top of the DAC, then vibration could be transmitted from one unit to the other.