Anyone use a DVD player as a front end?

Since a DVD player uses the same D/A and analog output circuitry for CDs and DVDs, it's a bit strange to say that a player does one better than the other.

I had a modded out Denon 5910ci for a while and I liked it very much for red book CD. That said, it really didn't sound any better than the Oppo I now have which goes through a Bel Canto DAC3. So I agree that the DAC makes the biggest difference. Well in my system it has.

Since you have a great turntable, don't bother with the digital files anymore, I don't.

Kijanki, I'll have to disagree with you. Upsampling DACs like the Benchmark and Bel Canto reduce the difference between the quality of transport, but the quality of the transport definitely still makes a difference.

As a long time Bel Canto dealer I've had great sound from numerous transports into the DAC3, including DVD players, but the best transport I've heard into the DAC3 is the Bel Canto CD-2. There is a difference.

I think the original poster was referring to using a DVD player through its analog outs for CD playback, not as a transport with a DAC, but perhaps I misundersood.