Sunnyjim,
The cost effective way I remain satisfied with is to use a Mapleshade Records Power Strip/Conditioner which improves the sound of the components whose individual PC's are plugged into the Power Strip/Conditioner (there is no power limiting so even an amp can go through this strip). There is much more chance to hear a gratifying and obvious improvement when each of the PC's is simultaneously upgraded by this cost-effective method.
Into the adjacent AC plug is inserted a Machina Dynamica RFI blocker called the Flying Saucer by the manufacturer. This tiny cost item should continue the upgrade even more.
This all yields a simultaneous improvement in each component's performance, with some of my components having hardwired PC's and some using individual removable PC's. You can still make an individual CDP PC purchase for further individual upgrading, but the starting baseline system performance already sounds better.
This addresses your wish to help your CDP sound better, as it simultaneously helps each part of the sound system chain from source to power amp stage.
There are also multiple ideas from various Audiogon sellers to allow better "reading" of the CD data independent of your choice of PC. As you know, my postings sing the praises most loudly of ideas from Machina Dynamica and Mapleshade Records.
The cost effective way I remain satisfied with is to use a Mapleshade Records Power Strip/Conditioner which improves the sound of the components whose individual PC's are plugged into the Power Strip/Conditioner (there is no power limiting so even an amp can go through this strip). There is much more chance to hear a gratifying and obvious improvement when each of the PC's is simultaneously upgraded by this cost-effective method.
Into the adjacent AC plug is inserted a Machina Dynamica RFI blocker called the Flying Saucer by the manufacturer. This tiny cost item should continue the upgrade even more.
This all yields a simultaneous improvement in each component's performance, with some of my components having hardwired PC's and some using individual removable PC's. You can still make an individual CDP PC purchase for further individual upgrading, but the starting baseline system performance already sounds better.
This addresses your wish to help your CDP sound better, as it simultaneously helps each part of the sound system chain from source to power amp stage.
There are also multiple ideas from various Audiogon sellers to allow better "reading" of the CD data independent of your choice of PC. As you know, my postings sing the praises most loudly of ideas from Machina Dynamica and Mapleshade Records.