Pertetual Technologies is going to offer a universtal transport. Sounds like it will be in the $1500 range. Kind of pricy for me. I just ordered all of their current stuff (DAC and Anti-jitter thingy) and was going to use them on my Pioneer DVD player. The only reason companies are recommending the DVD players as transports is because of the ability to read 24/96 format stuff. If you have a current CD collection I would just get a CD player for transport. I plan to some time in the near future and sell my DVD player.
2nd hand DAC for DVD/CD Player
I purchased a Pioneer DV-525K a few weeks ago to replace my ailing Sony ES. My current system is Musical Fidelity MA-65 monoblock (class a), C1 Carver Preamp, Celestion SL6si with Target Stands. When I plugged the Pioneer DVD DV-525 to my audio system and put a CD I was so disappointed with the sound!! bass is so lean and sound is so unrealistic compared it seems like it is the worse sounding CD player I have heared. I was considering a meridian, audio alchemy ddi, soundstream dac-1 or any dirt cheap dac, or musical fidelity x-dacs! What would be the best DAC under $150 used. Can a DAC really put my DVD player to life even when playing music CD's, will the 48khz DAC work with my 96-24 DVD player. I would appreciate any help since I am in-experienced when it comes to DACs. thanks.