A CD PLAYER whose sound quality NOT AFFECTED by the DAC?

It’s easy for me to learn and get more confused. I DO have a Marantz 2226b in the closet. Integrated Receiver. It’s got some Pre Amp possible U HOOKS on the back, ins and outs… maybe?

OP @moose89    

The DAC takes the digital data encoded on the CD and converts it to the analog audio signal to your system using a DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter).  The digital data on the CD is just a digital representation of the music signal.  It's not like a computer that records bitt that can be directly converted to alpha and special characters.  The ONLY way a CD player does NOT use a DAC is when the digital signal is fed into an external DAC.  

Blu sound streamer is not that great  at both streamer and it’s $200 dac inside.

money-much better spent using a computer and a Denafrips Aries2  dac 

night and day better sound , and no mention of  the Ethernet or dac cable 

Wireworld Starlight usb, as well as Ethernet are Excellent for the monies 

and a Pangea sig-2 power cord ,using Cardas Occ Copper great buy for under $200 these are excellent for a entry level Audio system 

and when you can afford it a Uptone Audio Ether regen Ethernet hub makes a very good upgrade ,regenerating a clean Ethernet signal.

I don't completely agree that the DAC inside the Node is not that great. It sounds really good to me. I guess my external Bifrost 2 or Benchmark sounds slightly better but when I play most MQA files through Node alone it sounds very, very good. YMMV

Does it sound good the way you do it? Therein lies your answer.