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i'd save up and get a good one straight up. Like a 2nd hand rega apollo. otherwise oppo is good and cheap
the rega is expensive for my budget. any good sub-$500 players? I know I will be most likely upgrading it later, but for present I just don't have that much money to spend on a CD player.
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also, this is a noobie question, does a good CDP, like the Rega, always have a good internal DAC and amplifier, so that I can use it to drive my headphones without external DAC/amplifiers? (otherwise I really can't justify the price for just using the player as a transport and use its digital signal only. but again, I'm may misunderstanding this, so someone correct me if so.)
well I do have enough computers sitting around in my house, I don't use them much for music because they generate heat, and are noisy and not really power efficient for just listening to music
A good CDP always has a good DAC on board, but most likely no headphone amplifier, so most CDPs can't drive a headphone directly.
I just looked at the specs of the Rega Apollo, it has no hp out, but do have a RCA(L/R) output, but since the Rega website is actually advertising its analogue amplifier, can I just use a RCA to 3.5 cable to go with that RCA out to directly drive my headphones? I'm just curious here, I have hp amps so it is really not an issue.
Recommenation for an entry level hi-fi CDP?
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