I second the recommendation on the 5 disc aiwa player. I am currently driving my highly modified msb dac with this cheapo player. Its hard to believe, but it is realy a great match for this dac. Make sure that you use the optical out though. The input reciever to the delta sigma 24 bit dac in the msb is very immune to jitter, so the optical actualy sounds better than the electrical output. (Maybe msb's choice of their input reciever is the reason that the Aiwa sounds so damn good, I don't care.) All I know is that I made a bundle selling my $3000 transport, which was slightly inferior sounding to the Awia! Note: Best Buy sells the Awia player. I suggest you try it out for 30 days. If you don't like it, you can return it for a refund. Try that with a high end transport, yea right!
Stupid DAC question
I am currently using an old Denon DCD620 cdp and want to upgrade. I have discovered way more info that my feeble brain can comprehend. Thus I seek wisdom from the audiophiliacs on this forum. I was considering using the MSB Link Dac 3 as an upgrade but found out that I need a digital output which the Denon cdp does not have (stone age cdp, I know). Would I be better off buying an inexpensive cdp and a Link Dac 3 or just buying a good cdp such as a Rega Planet 2000 AND will I notice an apreciable difference from the ancient Denon (some say a cd player is a cd player and there isn't much real difference in quality of sound). Sorry for being so long winded.
Dennis
Dennis