On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:58:44 +0000 (UTC)
Jay wrote:

Ah, I see.

Well, I'm going to keep my DVD player, and was wondering if I could get
an old DAC for _100 - _200 whether it would ourperform a CD player for
the same money.

either way, I'll keep the DVD player.

But you reckon that it would be just as good getting a CD player?

Only if you are going to feed your DVD player into it as well (DVDP tend to have crap DACs). then you'd probably want a DAC with AC3 , surround, and all that.

cool. I'll look into it.

DONT get a cheapie - it WILL sound like a cheapie (by all accounts here so far). either buy a new good one (5-800ukp to START - rediculous priceS) or hunt ebay for a good 2nd hand one.

Im very happy with my ARCAM DBB3 and Meridians 203 is well liked by Jim Lesurf who is a very knowledgeable chap in these matters. the 203 (IIRC) has only coax in though and no fancy decoder, just a DAC (the BB3 is also just a DAC).

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