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Post by amped on Feb 10, 2018 18:24:41 GMT -5
Hello all...I have been heavily back into analog for the past 5 years however I have come to cycle in my audiophilia that I am listening to a lot of CDs again. I have about 300 mostly from '98 and back. Don't get me wrong I am vinyl through and through but there are a lot of CDs I have that are shall we say casual listeners. I have no desire to replace them with there vinyl brethren but I know many are very, very good and well recorded. My dilemma is this I have a fairly decent system and a CD player that I think is "ok" but I want better sound and seeing as there are 10-30k CD players there must be a better option problem is I am not gonna spend that kind of money (even if I could). So the question is do I upgrade my DAC and use my current CD Player or do I just get a "better" player? Oh here are the system dynamics: I use an Audio Research SP20 pre amp mated to a Bryston 14B SST2 speakers are Def Tec 7000sc's I don't think my vinyl preamps matter nor do the tables so I will omit them....
The CD player is an Emotiva ERC-3, I like the player but want a better soundstage a bit deeper and dare I say more analog sounding. I am a huge soundstage freak so if a sacrifice were to be made it would not be there. I am running balanced out of the Emotiva. I don't need SACD but ok if it's there. I don't have a problem with pre-owned I don't need a DAC that downloads FLAC or can be hooked up to any other sources other than the Emotiva being used as a transport. As for budget I would say $1,500 to $2,000 if it makes sense. Any advice would help thanks!
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Post by brutiarti on Feb 10, 2018 18:56:02 GMT -5
I listen a lot of cd’s and i use a separate transport and a dac. Way cheaper than getting a high end cd player and probably the same or better fidelity.
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Post by audiophill on Feb 10, 2018 19:14:44 GMT -5
Go with a better dac. The erc-3 is very well built. I would use it as a transport and just get a even better dac.
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Post by klinemj on Feb 10, 2018 20:10:04 GMT -5
The ERC-3 is a great player with a great DAC in it. It will be tough to beat. The obvious options are Shiit products, but some are saying it's not night and day different from a DC-1 or other lower cost options. I've not heard them so I can't say. I love my Geek Pulse X Infinity and feel it's way better than my DC-1. Dan and Lonnie say I should listen to the new DC-2, and I'd like to...but I am skeptical it would be better. Somewhere here I asked this same question on my own thread. I'll try to find the link to see what folks said. Ahhh....here it is! Enjoy the read: ---> CLICK HERE TO READ MORE! <----Mark
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