CDP volume, what's best, analogue or digital?

This has been discussed at length, both here and at Audio Asylum. Do a search for more info.

Conventional wisdom is that digital volume controls affect performance, and that analog volume controls are best if going direct to amp.

Another option is to get a passive preamp with transformer volume control such Bent Audio, Placette, Consonance Django (and several others).

Eldartford- I think he is refering to digital being the likes of Accuphase, Wadia, etc which everyone knows the volume control is done in the digital domain. As were units from the likes of Audio Aero, Resolution Audio, Cary use a volume control employed in the analog domain.

All of that being said I wouldn't even think about getting a player with digital volume control, having owned both there is no comparison- do you want to hear everything on the recording or not?? its really that simple. I am not saying that they won't ever get digital volume perfected but at this time it does not exist.

My cost effective recommendation for CD only system is to use analog output from your CD player or DAC directly into analog EVS Ultimate Attenuators fitted directly onto the amplifier RCA input jacks eliminating any extra interconnect between a passive preamp and amp. Tweakaudio.com customizes these for either transistor or tube amp. As stepped attenuators there is not the very fine adjustment of a continuous analog volume control, but transparency and dynamics are so outstanding that the retail list price of $350 is a bargain.