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Diz Unregistered guest | Is there really that much of a difference between CD player sound and detail? I mean if I listen through a $100.00 home VCR/DVD/CD player combo vs. a dedicated $150.00 cd player, is there really a difference in sound quality? If the answer is yes, then how much would I have to spend to get really good sound, and what brands should I look at? Would $300.00 for a cd player do it? $400.00? $500.00? Also, I've noticed that NAD seems to get a lot of rave reviews in this forum. Do they make a CD player that would be recommended? Should I stay away from Yamaha? Sony? Thanks |
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diz Unregistered guest | Sorry, I posted this in the wrong forum, I will re-post in the cd forum. |
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Silver Member Username: ChitownPost Number: 625 Registered: Apr-05 | Diz a good CD player that includes good dac's, good transport and power supply will always beat a $100 DVD player. I don't know though that you can get a $150 CD player that has all this unless you go used or refurbished. Having said this one salesman at a good hi-fi store that I trust once told me that you don't want your CD going through all the processing that a DVD player makes it go through, because you may loose quality and therefore a dedicated CD player is alwasy better than a DVD player. Now I don't know the software programming behind these DVD player, but if I was to program it, I would always check to see if it was a CD playing first and if it was just skip all the DVD processing and go directly to DAC. That makes a lot more sense than what the salesman told me, but I was not going to argue that point with him. Definitly stay away from Sony. The company is going through a lot of bad management and getting confused with its cross industry decision making and strategies and getting beat by competition at nearly all of them. It is not a good time to buy Sony right now. |
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Bronze Member Username: Jorge59Rio de JaneiroBrasil Post Number: 67 Registered: May-05 | I have seen in this forum recommendations for Marantz CC4300 5-disk changer at accessories4less, at $130, refurb, but factory certified. You can't be much wrong for this price... |
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Silver Member Username: TwebbzAnn Arbor, Michigan USA Post Number: 331 Registered: Apr-04 | NAD C542 CD!! www.spearitsound.com has a refurbished unit for $379. List is $499. I purchased this same refurbished model from them and it works flawlessly, sounds fabulous. |