Gil Schwartzman
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So, pretty much since the start of myself having any sort of passion at all for music, I was a computer-as-source guy. I have really never used CD's outside of my car. I rip them and store them.
Well, due to recent events, that is changing. I am switching to a CD setup. Which has of course raised all kinds of questions in this new territory. The biggest being cost. These suckers get expensive. I assume that is mainly related to DACs, correct? In which case, my first question, say ones budget was $500-$800, would it be better to get a basic player in the $100 range, and put the rest of the money into an external dac, or just spend all the money on a nice CD-Player?
Also, this new found interest has peaked my curiosity in SACD and DVD-A. But, evidence seems to suggest the best setup would be to have one standalone CDP for just CD's, and then one DVD player for SACD and DVD-A. Ultimatly, while I would love to try these new formats, that would not be an option. I don't think I could find more than 20 SACDs or DVD-As that I would want, so making a large expensive out of them would be a waste. So, in that regard, would it be better to just have a standalone DVD-Player, or would I be snubbing my rather large CD collection for a few HD discs, making it wiser to just stick to CD and forget about the other formats?
FWIW, I am not in the market right now, just trying to better understand for when the time comes. Hopefully someone can provide some input. I tried searching, and didn't find much relevant info.
Well, due to recent events, that is changing. I am switching to a CD setup. Which has of course raised all kinds of questions in this new territory. The biggest being cost. These suckers get expensive. I assume that is mainly related to DACs, correct? In which case, my first question, say ones budget was $500-$800, would it be better to get a basic player in the $100 range, and put the rest of the money into an external dac, or just spend all the money on a nice CD-Player?
Also, this new found interest has peaked my curiosity in SACD and DVD-A. But, evidence seems to suggest the best setup would be to have one standalone CDP for just CD's, and then one DVD player for SACD and DVD-A. Ultimatly, while I would love to try these new formats, that would not be an option. I don't think I could find more than 20 SACDs or DVD-As that I would want, so making a large expensive out of them would be a waste. So, in that regard, would it be better to just have a standalone DVD-Player, or would I be snubbing my rather large CD collection for a few HD discs, making it wiser to just stick to CD and forget about the other formats?
FWIW, I am not in the market right now, just trying to better understand for when the time comes. Hopefully someone can provide some input. I tried searching, and didn't find much relevant info.