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Can a DVD player be used as cd transport?

Is this a dumb question? Can you use the coax digital out
of a DVD player to drive a standard 2-channel dac at
16/44 playing a normal cd? If yes does anyone have any
suggestions or experience with differing results between
DVD players? How about entry level players versus more
expensive ones or DVD player versus a cd player as transport? Thanks for the help.
infinitebaffle
mg123
192 posts
 
They work fine. Obviously the cheaper players have really cheap DACs so its beneficial to use the dvd player just as a transport. They both have the same playing features.
duat
6 posts
 
Check out http://www.modwright.com/
sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
A DVD player makes a good transport for CD. DVDs have to be more stable than CDs when they spin for them to perform well, so a cheap DVD player will probably have a more stable transport than a cheap CD player.
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rsuminsby
152 posts
 
I use a Sony DVDP-S7000 and the DACs in my Acurus ACT-3. Haven't auditioned others, but the Sony 7000 and 7700 have always gotten good reviews as a transport...they are very well built. You can pick them up used for $350-500.
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