[JamesCanada]

I have a solid collection of CD's at home and a bit fed up of streaming these days... for some wierd reason I wish to get back to my roots a bit.
I was wondering if I needed a special kind of CD player or just plug and play easy in the RME?
I feel I don't want to get a source with an amp and all, seems overkill considering the equipment I already own?


Thanks

 

[chesebert]

Rip and streaming locally.

 

[JamesCanada]

Rip and streaming locally.

I actually want to use a CD player...
Would it not be good to do so for quality purposes?
I want to get away from my PC...

Thanks for the response

 

[chesebert]

I actually want to use a CD player...
Would it not be good to do so for quality purposes?
I want to get away from my PC...

Thanks for the response

For sentimental reasons? If sound quality is your only concern than CDP makes no sense.

 

[AnalogEuphoria]

I have a solid collection of CD's at home and a bit fed up of streaming these days... for some wierd reason I wish to get back to my roots a bit.
I was wondering if I needed a special kind of CD player or just plug and play easy in the RME?
I feel I don't want to get a source with an amp and all, seems overkill considering the equipment I already own?


Thanks

No you don't need anything special, even a cheap dvd player with coax or optical out will do but if you want something better than look at a dedicated CD transport like Cambridge CXC or Audiolab 6000CDT.

 

[BournePerfect]

For sentimental reasons? If sound quality is your only concern than CDP makes no sense.

Convincing.

To the OP, look into cd transports to feed you dac. I've yet to hear a streamer surpass a quality cdt, especially if price/performance is a factor.

 

[mcgo]

I was wondering if I needed a special kind of CD player or just plug and play easy in the RME?

Any transport that has digital out. I use a cheap SONY DVP-SR210P (small DVD player) in headless mode with my RME - works great!

 

[jonathan c]

I have a solid collection of CD's at home and a bit fed up of streaming these days... for some wierd reason I wish to get back to my roots a bit.
I was wondering if I needed a special kind of CD player or just plug and play easy in the RME?
I feel I don't want to get a source with an amp and all, seems overkill considering the equipment I already own?


Thanks

Audiolab CDT-6000. Transport only, excellent performance: reads CDs (Redbook only) flawlessly with exceptional detail retrieval, mechanically silent in operation, reliable.

 

[JamesCanada]

Any transport that has digital out. I use a cheap SONY DVP-SR210P (small DVD player) in headless mode with my RME - works great!

Great!, Thanks

 

[JamesCanada]

Audiolab CDT-6000. Transport only, excellent performance: reads CDs (Redbook only) flawlessly with exceptional detail retrieval, mechanically silent in operation, reliable.

Solid, thank you!

 

[ScubaMan2017]

My cave also has a huge disc collection. While I rip (using EAC) to FLAC and listen locally (on my different iDevices and ChromeOS), I understand the joy of spinning plastic.

Heck, I‘d even use my XBox console as a transport — as it can read CD, DVD, and Blueray (and pipe it to an external DAC). Audiolab’s a solid option. I do all my listening via headphone. The quieter the transport mechanism, the better! I’d avoid those multi-platter disc changers. Noisy & and my Yamaha unit’s mechanism failed. My 2 cents…

 

[jonathan c]

Audiolab CDT-6000. Transport only, excellent performance: reads CDs (Redbook only) flawlessly with exceptional detail retrieval, mechanically silent in operation, reliable.

I just updated/upgraded the 75-ohm digital cable from CDT-6000 to DAC (Mojo Audio Mystique). All silver + PTFE construct:

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[chesebert]

Am I seeing this right? BNC on one end and phono on the other? why would anyone sell this with the knowledge that the cable is not fit for square wave transmission? You would be better off with a $1 toslink TBH.