Re: Q re high quality CD players

On Sat, 10 May 2008 10:31:21 -0700, 223rem wrote
(in article <g04m5902lua@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):

> OK thanks everyone. So is it likely that a a cheapo CD player used as
> a trans****t in combination with an OK receiver (I have a mosfet-based
> Panasonic) will be just as good as a good CD player (one with high
> quality DAC)?

You can't just plug a digital output into an amplifier (unless that amp
has a 
on-board Digital-to-Analog converter). Even if it does, its a toss-up as
to 
whether or not the DAC in the receiver (amp) is any better than the one in

the CD player. Mostly the DACs in receivers are for decoding 5.1 and DTS 
sound from video DVDs (although they will play regular CDs). Mostly
because 
it's easier to run one digital coaxial cable or optical TOSLINK cable from

one's DVD player to one's receiver than it is to run SIX cables carrying
the 
already decoded 5.1 or DTS audio to a receiver.