Is it worth upgrading a CD player?


I’ve had my Marantz CD6002 for around 14 years and it’s still going strong. I have it connected to an Audiolab M-DAC+ and play via my Rega amp. I’m mostly vinyl but have started to playvmy CD’s more recently and wondered whether upgrading the CD player would be worth it or not, given the fact it’s played via a dedicated DAC. Am I right in thinking there would be little noticeable improvement?

side22olto

Showing 2 responses by grislybutter

I have had the Marantz CD6002 for about 10 years. I upgraded everything in the last 3 years but never for once was unhappy with the CD player. I think it would be very hard to gain anything by replacing it (in my "budget", low-end system). I compared it to streaming and vinyl, same songs, and - again - with my components, all three sources were profoundly different but not necessarily better/worse. Some music sound best on CDs, mostly certain genre and decade - to my ears.

 

btw what speakers did you end up with?