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If I am buying a DAC, does my CD player matter?

If I buy a DAC, and my CD Player is just a transport...doesn't that mean the CDP is nothing more than a machine that spins a disc and pass info to the DAC? Wouldn't the DAC's sound overrides the CDP's so therefore it wouldn't really matter what kind of CDP I have?

I am asking because I read alot about the synergy between transports and DACS and don't really understand how it all affects sound quality.
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narrod
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I used to believe that transports didn't matter. After doing several comparisons I found out I was wrong. Transports do matter and, in my opinion, can be as important as the DAC. Many years ago it was a commonly held belief that turntables didn't matter. After all, they simply spin the record. :-)

Wendell
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