I don't think it would be much improvement unless you spent $$$ on a dedicated player without a dac inline (black ice audio cdp, marantz sacd/cdp, etc)
Is it worth upgrading a CD player?
I’ve had my Marantz CD6002 for around 14 years and it’s still going strong. I have it connected to an Audiolab M-DAC+ and play via my Rega amp. I’m mostly vinyl but have started to playvmy CD’s more recently and wondered whether upgrading the CD player would be worth it or not, given the fact it’s played via a dedicated DAC. Am I right in thinking there would be little noticeable improvement?
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Just not a fan of the transport/dac solution any more for playing CD’s. If I have 2 or 3 sources connected to the same dac or use it double duty as a preamp, fine. But with a collection of 1000 CD’s worth it to me to upgrade to a one and done solution where the transport/dac.are in a single unit. Black Ice 1 box tube based solution that will also stream wireless via apple airplay or DLNA: solid state Marantz unit that will also stream via USB:
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@mitch2 +1, I am in the stop adding more boxes camp. More boxes, more cables, more space in the rack, more $$$, more complexity= a lot of stuff for diminishing returns IMO. |