Yes, I listen to CDs sometimes.
Denon DCD-1450AR
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Denon DCD-1450AR
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so, "scientifically" speaking is there a reason why cd players sound this good? I mean shouldn't something build in the 80s sound like crap compared to modern dacs?
Everybody say digital has come a long way, but honestly try to listen to a good cd player anything from Sony or Naim or even Denon or Technics..
Most sound very good, certainly not a night and day difference with modern dacs and in some cases better.
so, "scientifically" speaking is there a reason why cd players sound this good? I mean shouldn't something build in the 80s sound like crap compared to modern dacs?
Everybody say digital has come a long way, but honestly try to listen to a good cd player anything from Sony or Naim or even Denon or Technics..
Most sound very good, certainly not a night and day difference with modern dacs and in some cases better.
I have yet to find a really bad sounding vintage cd player.I think the CD format is more than enough! My experience was my player failed so I bought a replacement and it sounded horrible.
It had digital output so instead of the analog I tried that and in so doing realized my old CD experience was colored by a very poor
built in DAC of my original player. The difference was not subtle either. I looked up the chip used in my old Sony and saw it was very inexpensive with poor specs. The difference was such I listened to my old albums again and heard things I had never heard before in the material.
My CD player was inexpensive though...a really nice player from the same era would be good enough! That being said, my RME ADI-2 DAC FS
is ideal for driving my amp and speakers and adds functions galore. I now have true redbook performance...and I did not not before.
Premium CD players of the era are fine. Mine cost 99 dollars so...not so fine. I was very happy with it at the time and enjoyed it for decades.
I had no idea what I was missing!
I would say they were transparent when first available in 1983. Even the 14bit 4x oversampling Philips Marantz CD63 top loader and 16 bit Sony CD101 had vanishingly low distortion, noise and a flat frequency response, so transparent even then.The audio industry and some reviewers have built up a mystique around DACs, it is a technology that reached maturity decades ago. In terms of CD players they had achieved audible transparency by the late 80's.
I have a Sony DVD player with those features. The digital output is perfect. You can find them used on Amazon or EBay for $30 to $50. Network connection is not there. Use your laptop/external drive for ripping, you have a lot more control with free software available.Hello guys,
I was thinking of getting a CD player
However I don't think it needs to be expensive, I don't need nor want a good DAC inside
Ideally i'd want it to have at least a digital out and a connection to the network. So that I could rip my CDs for my NAS "remotely"
All of the player seems to be expensive, maybe I should just take a blueray/hc player ?
You don't normally rip CDs using a CD player.Hello guys,
I was thinking of getting a CD player
However I don't think it needs to be expensive, I don't need nor want a good DAC inside
Ideally i'd want it to have at least a digital out and a connection to the network. So that I could rip my CDs for my NAS "remotely"
All of the player seems to be expensive, maybe I should just take a blueray/hc player ?
I ripped CDs to an I-Mac for the various I-Pods we used to have, subsequently because of I-Tunes being an easy way to rip and organize music for playing back through the computer and DAPs. The CD drive in the I-Mac gave out about seven years ago, got a Samsung DVD burner to burn and rip CDs. Have owned it since 2014, have gone through 3 computers since, but it keeps on working. Also makes it possible to play back DVDs via my laptop.You don't normally rip CDs using a CD player.
A computer with a CDROM drive should ideally be used, as then if the CD cannot be read properly, the computer (and software used to rip) will enable multiple reads of the CD until the data is read without error or it fails (usually after several retries).
A CD player can't do this.
The last two Playstations don't support CDsI don’t think you will find network support in any CD player. Maybe a Bluray player or a Sony PlayStation. But for playing disks to a DAC, just find something you like the look of and has a robust transport.
Just wanted to share my player. View attachment 173491Found a cheap cheap Sony D-E551 on eBay. Optical out to a D30. Simple and I've enjoyed for years now.
My Cambridge Azur 840C had issues with the mechanism every couple of years. It's now 8 years (and no longer in use b.t.w.) and I already had to replace the full drive mechanism and the belt. My old Sony (early 1990's?) and Denon (early 2000's) were much cheaper and on par or even better mechanically.And is there a case for more expensive (yet still sensibly priced) CD transports such as the Cambridge Audio CXC? Is it supposed to be more durable? It's twice the price ofvan entry level Marantz but hey, if it lasts twice as long before needing repairs...