In Reply to: Are CD Players Even Relevant Anymore? posted by jaydacus on September 10, 2016 at 07:42:35:
The answer to this depends on how high your "PC Audio" knowledge is !If you are a "plug & play" type of person then you may very well get better SQ results using a high quality CD player signal path. I don't see it being a forgone conclusion that using a random PC path to a random DAC is necessarily going to "Trump"(Go Donald,go) the traditional way of listening to digital files.
It comes down to your personal listening standards I suppose. Personally I've found using a USB DAC to be an (unnecessary) sonic compromise for the music I listen to.I don't know why anyone would choose to use anything as a player that doesn't give you the option of a digital coaxial(BNC is my preference) at a minimum. (As far as "file resolution" is concerned,I'm finding that how well the files are being played to be a much more important factor;Most people only "think" they know how resolving the music they're listening is according to the stated file size)
Asking "How Relevant" using a CD player is currently still a bit too early. (& this is from someone who hasn't listened to music through a CD
player more than a handful of hours in the last 3yrs or so)
Edits: 09/10/16
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- RE: Are CD Players Even Relevant Anymore? - Old SteveA 12:16:35 09/10/16 (4)
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