Looking for a decent CD player

ScudDawg
ScudDawg Posts: 68
edited February 2010 in Electronics
Hi I am looking to replace my old 200 disc Sony CD player with a dececnt single disc model. I need to make some room in my component rack for the future and would like a smaller player to put in its place. I have an old Sony DVD/SACD player DVP-NS775 that I could substitute in its place if need be. Without spending too much is their a player out there I should look into?
Home Theater:
Processor: Emotiva UMC-1
Amps: Emotiva XPA-3, Emotiva UPA-5
Center: Polk Audio CSi A6
Fronts: Polk Audio RTi A7
Surrounds: Polk Audio FXI A4
Surround Rears: Polk Audio RTI A3
Subwoofer: SVS 2039 PCi (upgraded woofer)
Power Conditioner: Monster HTS 5100 Signature Series

2 Channel: (work in progress)
Speakers: Polk Audio Monitor 40
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited February 2010
    If it were me I would just keep the SACD player.
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  • ScudDawg
    ScudDawg Posts: 68
    edited February 2010
    yeah I have been looking in Audiogon and ebay and have not seen anything that catches my eye, I just ordered 2 sets of Isonodes, one for blu-ray and one for whatever CD player I decide on. I think I will just keep the SACD player and give it a shot.
    Home Theater:
    Processor: Emotiva UMC-1
    Amps: Emotiva XPA-3, Emotiva UPA-5
    Center: Polk Audio CSi A6
    Fronts: Polk Audio RTi A7
    Surrounds: Polk Audio FXI A4
    Surround Rears: Polk Audio RTI A3
    Subwoofer: SVS 2039 PCi (upgraded woofer)
    Power Conditioner: Monster HTS 5100 Signature Series

    2 Channel: (work in progress)
    Speakers: Polk Audio Monitor 40
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited February 2010
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96867
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    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showcase/view.php?userid=73580
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited February 2010
    ScudDawg wrote: »
    Hi I am looking to replace my old 200 disc Sony CD player with a dececnt single disc model. I need to make some room in my component rack for the future and would like a smaller player to put in its place. I have an old Sony DVD/SACD player DVP-NS775 that I could substitute in its place if need be. Without spending too much is their a player out there I should look into?


    How much is not too much? :D

    Also, do you plan on hooking your CD player to your AVR via digital or analog connections? Or do you care?

    If you are digitally connecting your player to your AVR and letting the AVR do the Digital to Analog conversions (DACs) and you like the sound from your AVR's DACs then use your Sony DVD/SACD as the digital transport for CDs and keep your green in your wallet.

    If you are nit picky about sound quality, then you may want to connect your player via analog interconnects to your AVR and get a player with superior DACs so that you can keep that nice analog signal all the way thru your AVR to your speakers.

    One thing you may want to try first is to connect your Sony DVD/SACD player to your AVR with both a digital connection AND analog at the same time and then switch back and forth between the two to see if you notice, or care, about any sound quality difference.

    If you can, and you prefer the analog sound from the Sony then keep it that way.

    Beware though, that you will be infected with upgraditis and will now spend countless hours scouring internet forums, audio catalogs for tweaks and upgrades to your system and will spend sleepless hours pondering system changes in pursuit of sonic perfection....:D;):)

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • apphd
    apphd Posts: 1,514
    edited February 2010
    There are some comparisons between a couple different CD players in this thread:
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91863&highlight=Emotiva+ERC

    As Erik said "how much is too much"?;)
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited February 2010
    ScudDawg wrote: »
    I have an old Sony DVD/SACD player DVP-NS775 that I could substitute in its place if need be.

    Yeah, why not try the 775 and see how you like it compared to your Sony changer?

    Otherwise, consider an external DAC.
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  • ScudDawg
    ScudDawg Posts: 68
    edited February 2010
    yeah gonna try it out, ty for all the info and tips guys. Isonodes coming tomorrow also, cannot wait.
    Home Theater:
    Processor: Emotiva UMC-1
    Amps: Emotiva XPA-3, Emotiva UPA-5
    Center: Polk Audio CSi A6
    Fronts: Polk Audio RTi A7
    Surrounds: Polk Audio FXI A4
    Surround Rears: Polk Audio RTI A3
    Subwoofer: SVS 2039 PCi (upgraded woofer)
    Power Conditioner: Monster HTS 5100 Signature Series

    2 Channel: (work in progress)
    Speakers: Polk Audio Monitor 40
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2010
    look no further than our own for sale thread for some CD players that might work for you..

    one that comes to mind is this one. http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96867
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited February 2010
    I'm not sure if it's still available but I'd grab this personally....in regards to our Flea Market.

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95176
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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