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Cheap external DAC for DVD player


I have never used an external DAC and would like to hook one up to the digital outputs my Panasonic 47S DVD player.

1) Can I hook the digital out from my DVD player to an external DAC and then in turn to my 2 channel preamp to play CDs?

2) And use the DVD players analogue outputs to the preamp for watching movies. Or would I still use the external DAC for movies?

Does this make sense.
Is there a benefit to do this with a $110 DVD player and will I get good CD playback doing this?

Which cheap DAC to get?
Scott Nixon or others.

...or should I just get the Oppo 970 and be done with it.
mjcmt

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mjcmt OP
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Jfacker,
My Panasonic has a choice of DTS or PCM so which is the prefered output.

Sogood51 and everyone,
Is it worth upgrading to the, also cheap Oppo 970 DVD player to use as transport for audio portion. And output it to a external DAC for the sound.
I understand its performance is quite good for both picture (HDMI) and sound.
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