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In Reply to: RE: What's the Best CD/DVD player from the past to be used as CD transport? posted by John Elison on February 5, 2017 at 20:38:01:
I think a lot depends on how you like your music and what you are used to. Things evolve wrt technology evolution, and most accept it automatically as an improvement (how can more technology be bad??) I worked in Silicon Valley for a number of years, and prefer as little 'technology' as I can find. Simple example - many watch things on their wee portable devices and are very happy. Is this really as visually satisfying, and conveying of the sense of the visuals, as a purpose build larger tv or video monitor. Guess it is up to taste and your need for technology.
I used to listen to a modern cd player. Went to a DAC with 2 x UA 20400 chips, and the improvement in musicality and joy of listening was amazing. The reason given from moving away from these chips to the modern ones - ease of fabrication and the application of processing after the fact. They never mentioned improved musicality, because that was not a reason or a result. There seems to be a trend now to try to recreate the ladder type dacs - maybe there is a reason for it.
Similar effect when I moved to a dedicated transport from the aforementioned CD player as a transport. Huge improvement, even the wife was stunned. I recently went to a neighbor's house and he was decided whether his new OPPO was a better 'transport' than his old PS Audio Lambda. After a short listen it was obvious, and it was clearly not the OPPO.
The real modern / old tradeoff, to my mind, is ease of use, convenience, and lower price vs a, potentially large, loss in musicality. With a streamer you can get what you want, when you want it, and don't have to mess with a CD. Most have never heard an 'old' system, so a basis for comparison does not exist. That might be a good thing, because if you did then you might not be so excited about what you are currently listening to. Or not. All desires and ears are different - what sounds good to me may sound bad to you, and we would both be right.
regards -- Roger
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