Unless you are using a separate dac, the cd player needs to have one built in.
I have a Denon DCD-1700NE. For $1500, it's a really nice player. It has SACD, but you don't need to use it (if you don't own SACDs, you don't need the capability).
Looking for a CD Player
I am in the process of replacing my Moon CD 5 CD Player --- or might be no reason to replace my present CD Player. The next CD player if purchased is probably going to be my last as I am a senior in age. My wife and I are tired of getting up and down and up and down did I mention up and down to listen to the other side of an album. So, we have a number of CDs and frankly like the ease of listening to them. Not wanting to purchase streaming music. Therefore, we / I need an education on two subjects - Do we need to have a DAC incorporated in the CD player and secondly do we need to have SACD capability?? Not wanting to spend more than 3000.00. All the help would be appreciated.
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You only need SACD Capability (super audio cd, read by a different laser) if you have or plan on buying SACD Discs. I had some and bought some more, but no longer, they aren't really worth it after the itch is scratched IMO. A standard CD, via great player, can sound terrific. Lasers get old/weak relative to hours played, use caution buying used. And, they can go out of alignment, many used units play CD, but errors when trying to play the SACD version. I went from a surprisingly great sounding Sony changer that died, CD only, to a Vintage Sony Single SACD/CD Player XA5400ES (learned about it here). I was playing almost all vinyl, until I got the xa5400es, now I am still re-discovering my many CDs, and buying used cds, used vinyl, trying not to buy anything and listen to what I inherited. IF you do not need SACD, you might consider a CD Changer, I had two changers that sounded terrific, the Sony that died, and I kept an Onkyo Integra CDC-3.4 in one of my systems, they still sell it new, Crutchfield has good info about old stuff, Amazon has it, dual wolfson processors was why I tried it, found out how great is sounded compared to 9 others I tried (none high end expensive). https://www.crutchfield.com/S-LESwRLiMqtt/p_164CDC34/Integra-CDC-3-4.html
My search's conclusion, it's a salad of ingredients, chosen processor(s), over-clocking, anti-jitter, proprietary filters, ... you hear and prefer ......,
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comments and help I got here note: they keep going up in price, I was shocked I had to pay $1,000 nearly 3 years ago |
A DVD Changer can keep you rocking some play Blu-Ray DVDs, SACD, CD, often not mentioned, just look for the SACD Logo on the face of the unit no mention in description, but it plays SACDs 400 disc dvd plays sacd/cd, seller says FLAWLESS GET A BAD BACK AND KNEES LOADING IT, THEN A FAT ARSE NEVER GETTING UP |
your 1st question, need a DAC, yes, somewhere a CD PLAYER has a laser to read the 1’s and 0’s and a DAC to convert them to analog line level signal. a CD TRANSPORT just spins, it’s laser reads the 1’s and 0’s, sends the digital out to an external DAC. some, not all, CD Players with their own DACs, let you choose to send the digital signal out to an external DAC, i.e. you can use the PLAYER like a TRANSPORT. |
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