Dflip Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 My old Teac VRDS 10 has died and I need to find a replacement. Looking to match it with a pair of McIntosh MC-30's, Juicy Music Audio Peach and a pair of Cornwalls. I like some detail, but not to the point where I get ear wind. Any suggestions in the $1000 -1500 range.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 If you can spring for $2500, the Bryston BCD-1 gets nothing but rave reviews.http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/bryston_bcd-1_cd_player/The Absolute Sound gives it a Golden Ear:http://bryston.com/pdfs/absound_bcd.pdf Excerpts from some international reviews:http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BYBCD1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I'm still loving my AH! Njoe Tube 4000 player after all these years.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmi Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I love my Shanling T-100 to death! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmusic Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I have the Ah Njoe Tjoeb 4000 with upsampler and find it hard to bear for the money!!! Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psg Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I think my next CD player won't be a CD player. [^o)] Thinking ripping everything to FLAC and streaming from a computer, probably with some sort of itouch interface. Sorry, probably no use to you, but I'd thought I'd throw the possibility out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gartenman Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 you could get a jolida jd100a on audiogon for $450 ... i think there might be one there...they are tube, high reviews and really sound sweet at a great price! keep as is or send off for mods and it'll sound better than $3000 cd players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnich Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I think my next CD player won't be a CD player. Thinking ripping everything to FLAC and streaming from a computer, probably with some sort of itouch interface. Sorry, probably no use to you, but I'd thought I'd throw the possibility out there. Im with you. i would buy a high end USB DAC and go from there. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dflip Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 It might be a good idea to buy a high end USB DAC, but the transport mechanism on my old cd player doesn't work, so I would also have to buy a transport device. I will listen to a Bryston unit this week and am going to listen to a Raysonic and a few others later this week. Thanks for the advice. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psg Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 A computer would be your transport. Rip all CDs into lossless FLAC format and stream them (an option is via one of these USB interfaces) to your system. Then you no longer insert CDs to play them, you select your music tracks or CDs from either a computer interface (sometimes via some sort of web page served from your computer) or via an Apple iTouch (with fancy cover art and the like). Supposed to sound as good or better than really expensive CD players... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 ^^That... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible Nectar Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I am very pleased with my Ah! Njoe Tjoeb 4000 as well, great source with tubes at a reasonable cost (especially if you find one used). Barring that, a good transport with an outboard/separate DAC might be the way to go...I'm a big fan of the tube buffered DAC concept too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dflip Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Okay.... I getting part of this. The ripping of the cd's is easy and I know how to do that part. I have seem Squeezebox and Sonus systems that send the music from the computer to the stereo system and then play it through the stereo. Is this what you are talking about? I also assume that a usb DAC is involved and I guess it is wired to the computer through the usb slot, or the soundcard? A Benchmark DAC seems to get very good reviews and does have a usb option in the more expensive version. I just haven't quite figured out how the stereo plays the signal, specifically, how the signal gets to the stereo. Some additional help from those of you a few years younger would be of great assistance. I am looking at supplying the highest quality signal, FLAC, wav or 320 downloads and am not interested in iPod quality. I just need a bit more help being walked through the concept. Any links explaining how it works would also be helpful. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 as much as I wnat a tubed universal player (Blu-ray too!) for music, movies and better yet music movies, I think my next source may be a used laptop with a good DAC the Benchmark DAC has USB inputs (from your PC) and RCA outputs to your pre-amp or amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psg Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Okay.... I getting part of this.The ripping of the cd's is easy and I know how to do that part. I have seem Squeezebox and Sonus systems that send the music from the computer to the stereo system and then play it through the stereo. Is this what you are talking about? I also assume that a usb DAC is involved and I guess it is wired to the computer through the usb slot, or the soundcard? Right. The USB device becomes the PC's sound card and all sound is directed to that. Some say that some models of motherboard-integrated sound cards are now good enough that they don't even bother with external USB interfcaes. A Benchmark DAC seems to get very good reviews and does have a usb option in the more expensive version. I just haven't quite figured out how the stereo plays the signal, specifically, how the signal gets to the stereo. Some additional help from those of you a few years younger would be of great assistance. I am looking at supplying the highest quality signal, FLAC, wav or 320 downloads and am not interested in iPod quality. I just need a bit more help being walked through the concept. Any links explaining how it works would also be helpful. Thanks in advance. Some output an alog through RCA, and some (as I understand because i haven't done this myself yet) keep it digital and send the audio as a PCM stream; the receiver receives the latter in a digital input (coax or optical). The sound quality has nothing to do with mpeg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Right. The USB device becomes the PC's sound card and all sound is directed to that. Some say that some models of motherboard-integrated sound cards are now good enough that they don't even bother with external USB interfcaes. This is what everyone has been telling me, that most motherboard-integrated sound cards are good enough. How were they not before and is this what the puropse of the dac is for. If so how does it make it a better quality is it like a processor. I have been trying to figure out the computer to my pre-amp for a while and it sounds like all the comp guys either dont know quaility or like you said eairlier, some models are good enough. Hopefully someone who has tried this could chime in and give us all a heads up. But I bet a tubed cd does sound awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psg Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I've been rackingmy brain trying to remember the forum and thread that was talking about this very subject... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dflip Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 I did check with Sonos, and I can do the following: You can go from router to your ZoneBridge to your ZonePlayer 90, then from the ZonePlayer 90 into the DAC, then into the pre-amp. This will work for you. http://www.sonos.com/whattobuy/Default.aspx?rdr=true&LangType=4105 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnich Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 I use the Benchmark USB DAC in concert with my olive media player and am very pleased with the results. Prior to the music server, I used a Rega Apollo CDP which was fantastic. In truth the apollo sounded marginally better but the trade off for convenience has been well worth the change. If you are looking for a stand alone CDP I would audition the Apollo. In regards to DACs here is an interesting thread than prove helpful http://community.klipsch.com/forums/p/119335/1203560.aspx#1203560 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 I was gonna mention the Cambridge Audio 840C, but it seems to be a moot point if you're interested in PCs and USB DACs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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