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Can best optical player rival best computer source

I know there are better and worse computer based music servers as well as universal players and transports feeding dacs. There are now many players with digital inputs. My question is best versus best. Optical readers have to read and move on. Ripping to a hard drive can use software that repeatedly tries to get a good read.

Can the best player rival the best computer source?
tbg

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david12
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I'm looking into hard disc based digital myself. Having talked to a few people, had a personal reply to my query from the editor of HiFi+, which was nice of him and been to demos, this seems to be my current take on it and the people I have spoken to.

Good computer audio is very much up with very good, middling expensive CD players. I went to a demo of Olive O6 and Naim HDX at the last weekend. I think both were up there with my Leema Antilla, a good $4000 CD player. The Naim rep said as much. The Naim DAc + Uniti serve, that combination being better than the HDX, were about equal to the Naim CDS3, not the 555.

That is good enough for me, as I could'nt swing for a Naim 555, Zanden or Nagra anyway. That's my view, I am sure others will disagree
david12
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Tbg I agree with you, I am not advocating buying any of the expensive players, I can't afford them either. The point was that the consensus I have picked up, is that discless digital is'nt yet up to competing with the very best disc players. It is progressing so fast, it may reach that level in the next few years
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