Is it worth upgrading a CD player?
I’ve had my Marantz CD6002 for around 14 years and it’s still going strong. I have it connected to an Audiolab M-DAC+ and play via my Rega amp. I’m mostly vinyl but have started to playvmy CD’s more recently and wondered whether upgrading the CD player would be worth it or not, given the fact it’s played via a dedicated DAC. Am I right in thinking there would be little noticeable improvement?
I have an Oppo 105 which I've enjoyed for years. Highly regarded and lauded. Then Iauded a Schiit Gungnir DAC, making the Oppo a transport and the sound just bloomed! Your Marantz first was produced in 2007, 15 years ago. You could probably stand to invest in a more modern CD transport - the California Audio Labs Tercet Mk 3 comes to mind and then experiment with DACs. |
@ghdprentice stay on topic guy asked about transports and players not streaming. |
Until I upgraded to an Audio Research Ref CD9 I had no real appreciation of the influence of source, internal DAC, tube output stage, etc has on the performance of a CD player. This unit is not the DAC of choice for all my digital listening. And this fixed my perception of harsh leading and trailing edges from the previous Esoteric K03Xs CD player. So my answer is certainly yes.
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