Re: Q re high quality CD players

223rem <223rem@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> My (limited) understanding is that what makes high-end CD players so 
> good is their superior Digital to Analog conversion. So if you're going 
> to take the digital output (optic or coax) from such players and plug it

> into a amplifier you're NOT going to get any benefit; you might as well 
> play the CDs on a 20 dollar CD player. To really enjoy their superior 
> playback quality you have to use the analog output and a good quality 
> amplifier.

> Am I right?

Only partly, because you're making several huge assumptions about 
price vs. quality in audio.

As a start it might help to actually find out what DACs are in 
particular pieces of CD gear. Economies of scale can allow
the majors to use chips in their AVRS that are as good, or better, 
than those found in boutique players costing several times as 
much.

But it is certainly true that to listen to a *player's* DACs, you
have to use its analog outs.  Otherwise you are using it as a
trans****t only.

-- 
-S 
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