Paul, I believe the thread you are referring to is dealing with a one-box cd player (a Music Hall CD25.2).
Although it has a digital output and can be used as a transport in conjunction with a separate dac, presumably the discussion pertains to its analog outputs, which are generated by its own internal dac, and processed through its analog circuitry. Given that, as Mapman indicated, tonality and color can certainly be affected by the design and quality of the dac and the analog circuitry in the player.
Jitter is the predominant consideration just in the digital parts of the signal path, up to and including the dac chip. And it becomes a MUCH more critical consideration when the transport and dac are in separate components, because of the impedance matching, reflection, noise, clock recovery, and other interface-related issues that have been discussed above.
Best regards,
-- Al
Although it has a digital output and can be used as a transport in conjunction with a separate dac, presumably the discussion pertains to its analog outputs, which are generated by its own internal dac, and processed through its analog circuitry. Given that, as Mapman indicated, tonality and color can certainly be affected by the design and quality of the dac and the analog circuitry in the player.
Jitter is the predominant consideration just in the digital parts of the signal path, up to and including the dac chip. And it becomes a MUCH more critical consideration when the transport and dac are in separate components, because of the impedance matching, reflection, noise, clock recovery, and other interface-related issues that have been discussed above.
Best regards,
-- Al