Hifi question

[nath]

Just a quick question to someone who knows about the real inner workings of hifi.

I know dvd players are crap for cd music n all, but is that because of their DAC? i.e. if I just use a coax digital cable to go to my av amp, would it just be as good as it can get, or would the quality still be better if I did the same with my dedicated cd player..

.. just got my av amp for chrimbo.. FUN!

 

[legendario]

Better with dedicated CD player....

Digi cable only reduces losses between yer player and yer amp...

If you have a shite player...the sound will be shite...

I make no sense and have just had some sammiclaus... :/

 

[nath]

but surely what seperates the two is the DAC.. what else is there. Obviously the DAC isnt usesd if the output is digital..

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

If it's a true digital out you'll need a DAC to convert it to audio.

 

[nath]

the amp does that though..

 

[Trem]

I have never been able to tell the difference between my dvd player and my cd player(dvd is Pioneer and stereo is Sony), I didn't realise there was such a difference in quality.

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

Originally posted by nath
the amp does that though..

In that case it's a toss up between the quality of the DAC on the amp and dvd player. I doubt either are especially high quality. :/

 

[nath]

actually the marantz sr5300 is one of the few av amps that's good for music

 

[nath]

Just went to richer sounds to get my dads dvd player fixed and asked the question: apparently cd player DACs will almost always be better quality than av amp dacs, hence a cd player connected to it with phono leads will do best.


Just thought you lot might like to know!






p.s. omg double posting n00b!