Will Bel Canto DAC-1 improve EAD CD-1000?


EAD is HDCD series II unit. Any inexpensive suggestions to help this already good CD player? System leans towards the bright side of things. Some digital fatigue.

My system:
Aragon 2004 amp
Aragon 18k pre
EAD CD player
Paradigm Studio 80 loudspeakers
paradigm Servo-15 sub
Kimber cables

thanks,
Dave
djroberts

Showing 1 response by bob_bundus

Why in the world would you want to bypass the U2000's fantastic internal DAC with a BelCanto? The player is one of the smooooothest machines out there as is. Yes get a good AC cord, a good AC line conditioner, good interconnects, & enjoy what you have instead of filtering the poor thing to death through an outboard DAC.
Cords that I've found work well with the EAD: Synergistic Reference AC, Custom Power Top Gun, JPS Digital, Kimber PK6, no doubt there are others...

Looking at Dj's setup I see Kimber, which immediately raises suspicion regarding the cause of his digititis-harshitis if he's using Kimber silver cables (the PK6 AC is copper BTW).
My interconnects are the very neutral Synergistic Resolution Reference MKII (with active shielding), and for source component line conditioning I have the Chang Lightspeed 3200 plugged into a dedicated line.
The player sets Black Diamond #4 cones, cones on a Black Diamond shelf, shelf on Vibrapods.
Sound is rich smooth airy & detailed. The player is fantastic; just tune your rig to optimize what the EAD is capable of doing for you. This is one really sweet machine.

However if you do give up & decide to go another route then let me know - I'll refer you to someone who wants to buy a U2000 right now.