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

Showing 1 response by robbob

Just two months ago I would have said that computer based audio was a notch behind the better CD players. After adding a mac/Rega DAC to my system and hearing some other systems I've learned that the CDP is now a notch below. On average they are on par, but the server puts your entire music collection at your fingertips. It's a very seductive and I find I listen to more music now than ever before.

And that last item is the best reason why CDP's will slowly vanish. It's about the music first.

Cheers,

Rob