Take a look at philips players too as they are essentially marantz in another guise and can be had cheaper. I picked up a CD930 to replace my antique marantz CD-56 and it's been superb. (though I ended up having to repair the notorious CDM9 transport eject belt gear. (stripped teeth)
i'd be tempted to pick up a dirt cheap dvd player and spend the money on a dac . Ive done this on my 2nd system . Got a hd-dvd player as the transport , Marantz 6004 amp with mission 780se speakers . It will play fine as it is but if I connect my arcam irdac onto it its another level again ( although that's way off your budget lol )
While we are on the subject of CD player...would playing audio CD via PC's optical drive considerably worse in audio quality than a standalone CD player?
While we are on the subject of CD player...would playing audio CD via PC's optical drive considerably worse in audio quality than a standalone CD player?
the cd tray is just the tray , just like a standalone cd player . It then comes down to what your feeding it into. Build quality is what you tend to pay for in standalone units , plus they do other things . Feed the optical into a good dac and see what happens
TBH, I found that both dvd players and bluray players spin the discs too quickly and make far more noise than a dedicated cd player. This isn't a problem if your playing music quite loudly but it's annoying when your playing quietly as ambient.
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