G.Kennedy Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Seems like with the recent news about Blue -Ray ... the market on HD-DVD players may plummet. With all of the technology in a HD-DVD player ... do they make good CD players???? Or would it still be better to get a stand alone CD player .... I don't actually own a TV .. so this will be strictly for CD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.Kennedy Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 Um... I don't know ..... many of the mass market HD-DVD players were selling for $250 -$500 .... today I am already seeing them for under $100 Is the technology used in the audio portion of a HD-DVD player better than a comparably priced CD player ..... I think we will be seeing HD-DVD players for $50 soon. Or is a HD-DVD player so focused on the video portion of the equation, that a regular CD player is better at that task of playing music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Quoted from the AVS Forum: "The A1, XA1, and XA2 use Burr-Brown PCM-1755 DACS, which areexceptionally good. My A1 beats out the California Audio Labs CD playerI used to rely on. The A2 and A20 use Analog Devices DACS, which arenot quite as good." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtnfoley Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Quoted from the AVS Forum: "The A1, XA1, and XA2 use Burr-Brown PCM-1755 DACS, which are exceptionally good. My A1 beats out the California Audio Labs CD player I used to rely on. The A2 and A20 use Analog Devices DACS, which are not quite as good." The XA2, IIRC, also is the best available upscaling DVD players (Realta HQV scaler chip inside....) if you happen to be in the market for such a crittrer: These had been selling consistently in the $500-$600 range, and are already hitting eBay for $330 BIN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallflower Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Get an OPPO DV-980H. It does a wonderful job with Redbook, plus it plays SACD, DVD-A, HDCD... For $169.00 you can't beat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryO Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 OPPO is a good deal. They have more in the works also. Looks like Blue Ray is next. http://www.electronichouse.com/article/oppo_digital_early_in_blu_ray_player_development_phase/C157 Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKubicki Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Glen, Too bad I didn't know you were thinking about a CDP when you were here. We were running Todd's modded Dennon, which is an expensive beast, prolly about $3-4K. I have an Arcam DV 137, which is a multi player. It's not as detailed as the Dennon, but at less than half the price, the difference is too slight to justify the expense of the larger beast. The Red Book section is warmer on the modded Dennon, but the SACD is very close. If you wish to hear it, email me, we can get together for that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.Kennedy Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Funny thing Andy ... listening to the Dennon is whats motivating me. We listen to lots of AAC's here ... I think the biggest thing I "heard" last Saturday was the CD's .... It has me looking and thinking My bank account says otherwise..... now that the strike is over..... that should be on the upswing though. I would like to hear the Arcam for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNRabbit Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 x2 on the Oppo; hard to beat, and routinely bests players costing in the $1,000.00 range.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKubicki Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Funny thing Andy ... listening to the Dennon is whats motivating me. We listen to lots of AAC's here ... I think the biggest thing I "heard" last Saturday was the CD's .... It has me looking and thinking My bank account says otherwise..... now that the strike is over..... that should be on the upswing though. I would like to hear the Arcam for sure. AACs?? My brain is not working this morning,,, That Dennon mod is sweet, but it is too pricey for my pocketbook. Todd also picked up a Marantz modded by Don Allen for $500, but it's only a CDP, IIRC. We haven't compared that one yet. Maybe I'll have to do a CD/Multi-player shootout. The Arcam has some design deficiencies, such as the fact that to play SACD in 2 Channel mode, I need the monitor to be turned on to make the switch. It defaults to multi-channel. Also, there is a stereo output, but it doesn't give you the hi-def of SACD or DVD-A, you have to get that off the LF & RF outputs. Anyway, let's plan on that maybe for next month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.Kennedy Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 .......... AACs?? My brain is not working this morning,,, AAC= Advanced Audio Compression ..... way better than Mp3's .... but a lossy compression format from Apple. More files can fit on an Ipod .... as my system get better ... the AAC's are showing their limits. I may opt for a stand alone CD player ... the DVD thing was just a question on wether the technology help the audio portion... I do not need a multi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKubicki Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Once you hear better than 16/44.1 (Red Book) you won't wanna look back! Even 24/44.1 sounds better. SACD is 176.4 , so that's even sweeter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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