Please help for performance with low cash......


For reasons beyond my control I am for lack of better word "poor" and I want to get the best CD play as possible for the money.....$300 or less. As I see it I have a few options but need to know the best one from you more experienced folks.

1) I could buy a used higher quality DVD/CD or a stand alone CD player (wich is another box on the rack and WAF ISSUES) and ALSO be at the mercy of an aged unit.

2) I could have my Samsung HD841 moddified, but the price goes from $150.00 to upwards of 1k and I am not sure exactly who does the best mod's, or how well the mods will perform when done.

3) I can buy a DAC and use my Rotel Processor feature wich will allow a 2 channel bypass of everything except the volume control.

I would like to know what opinions you have on best choice out of these options, the only other idea I have is to do a DIY upgrade to the Sammy's power supply, and dampen it a bit (wich is only a partial mod that I could do myself) and use an external DAC on top of it.

I know none of these options are gonna be the best performance out there, but what out of these is the BEST option I have being in my position?

thaks again for helping me out..Chad
chadnliz

Showing 1 response by sufentanil

I would recommend a California Audio Labs Sigma DAC in your case (available under $300 used).

If you can wait and save up another $100 or so, you could get a used Music Hall CD-25 cd player, which I think is one of the best bargains in one-box CD players around.

Don't apologize for not being able to spend $20K on a CD player; it's a lot more fun to get a great sounding system on a budget.

Michael