Audiophile Changer: Cool or Hopeless Compromise?


Hello again everyone. It is great to be back to this site. Having owned and sold a Levinson 31 (sounded fine but didn't REALLY do it for me) I am finally going back to analogue and perhaps, a SONY SCD-1.

For general every day listening of my 2-300 CDs, however, it would be wonderfully convenient to have them in a changer. Is anyone taking a digital output from one of these things and running it through an external D/A, for example an ARC DAC-1 or DAC2 with decent results? Which changer transport is the best? CD or DVD/multi? And can someone please explain "upsampling"? In my experience, I have never really been transported by anything digital. I am waiting to be converted but in the mean time, would just love to conveniently enjoy a few hundred CDs without getting a migraine or thinking that reading a magazine or watching cable would be more satisfying. Thanks for you ideas and advice. Happy holidays to everyone.
cwlondon

Showing 2 responses by ljgj

I also use the Sony 333ES with the SACD in analog and redbooks in digital through a Kora Hermes. There was a Cal Audio Labs unit the CL10 I think that was a very good transport as a 5 disc changer - I am not sure it is still made - it has various digital out options including XLR. I had one and sold it to go to the SACD unit.
Some of the Pioneer units especially the 100 disc have a feature with ADLC (auto digital level control) which helps keep songs from different CD's at close to the same output level so you don't get extreme playback volumes when listening - they also have toslink digital outputs to hook to a DAC.