brokenarrow1 Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 I am using a dvd/cd player to play my cd through my system, should I be buying a stand alone cd player and will it be worth it?????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholtl Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 It depends on how high a quality your DVD player is. If it has good laser pickup assembly, low jitter, a robust power supply, excellent DAC's and/or a well-crafted transport, then the only CD player that would make a difference, in my opinion, is when you reach the level where you'd be utilizing the CD player's own DAC's, as opposed to your receiver's/preamp's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Going to a stand alone CD player wouldn't necessarily mean better sound. It could, but "worth it" is a pretty subjective judgement. One of the surprising things (at least to my simple mind) about the DVD/CD player market in the last couple of years is that there are some performers in the $100 price range that are quite decent. To me that's reassuring that one doesn't have to drop big bucks to have a good source. If your current dvd/cd player sounds good, enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gilbert Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 ---------------- On 3/12/2005 4:34:33 PM Daddy Dee wrote: Going to a stand alone CD player wouldn't necessarily mean better sound. It could, but "worth it" is a pretty subjective judgement. If your current dvd/cd player sounds good, enjoy it! ---------------- Good advice. But if you got deep pockets... APL3910. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnm Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Generally speaking a single disc CDP will give far better performance for audio than a multi disc player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 IMHO I don't think there's any Generally about that statement.....hand's down a single disc transport will hold the disc in place much better than a multi-disc transport. Oh, I fixed the link. Sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnm Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Purrrrr! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minn_male42 Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 you guys must have missed the fact that "The Absolute Sound" magazine selected a Sony 5 disc changer as one of their best buy Hi-res players under a $1000 - the DVP-NC685V..... you don't get that with a mechanism that is sub-par.... Absolute Sound - Feb/March 2005 - page 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormin Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Hey Russ, How's that carving doing? I have been thinking about giving a zr1600 a try. I have a little concern about the hiss you speak of during some recordings. Do you find that happening on all recordings or just a select few? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minn_male42 Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 ---------------- On 3/13/2005 10:50:26 AM stormin wrote: Hey Russ, How's that carving doing? I have been thinking about giving a zr1600 a try. I have a little concern about the hiss you speak of during some recordings. Do you find that happening on all recordings or just a select few? Thanks ---------------- my carver ZR1000 is doing great! as for hiss.... there is a little hiss from the tweeter horn on my KLF-30's at about 6"..... it cannot be heard any furthur away..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormin Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Thats good to hear Russ! Thanks We are going to see how the zr amps do with a pair of chorus II's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeV Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 In the last couple of weeks I have been demoing different CD players (CDP) and the differences between them were small. Granted, the higher quality of your pre-amp and amp will allow greater differences between CDP's. But, in general today's CDP's are quiet good compared to the models in the early 90's. Will a dedicated CDP give you better sound? IMHO, it depends on the quality of your components and then the differences maybe quiet small. So is it worth spending money on a CDP? Only you could answer that question by demoing the CD player and judging the results for yourself. BTW, I could not justify the cost ($1,500) for a CDP, which made my CD's sound slightly better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaffstone Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 S/N ratio is typically higher on DVD players then on CD players. 110 db versus 100. If you're using digital out to your pre-amp, then I would go with the higher S/N. If you're using the analog output then the DAC matters a lot for the quality of analog signal production and then it gets into which unit has the better quality converter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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