CD player transport vs DVD player transport

[EasyTiger]

What I'm trying to work out is which is the best device / connecion method to listen to CD music.

I have a Marantz CD63 and a Denon DVD 2900 both hooked up with digital and analogue connections. Now I've seen the reviews which say the 2900 CD playback is only equivalent to approx £200 CD players, however I assume this is just assessing the analogue connections.

As the 2900 has a very solid build then I would assume that it would provide a better digital feed to the amp (Pioneer VSX D2011) than the Marantz (due to reduced Jitter/quality of components)?

I'm currently doing some listening tests (as I know it is the most important factor) however was just trying to work out the theory.

Anyone care to share their views?

 

[buns]

do some searching (i think in general hardware) since there is a long thread with things which may well be of intestest to you

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[dood]

I suspect you won't here much difference using the DAC in a receiver (even a good one). You would have to use a dedicated audio DAC to make it worthwhile.

 

[Jules]

My Denon DVD-A1 DVD player is connected to my Denon A1SE amplifier with a digital interconnect.
So is my CD player, a Denon DCD835 (approx £200).

With the amplifier doing the D/A conversion from both units, sound from the DVD-A1 absolutely trounces the CD player.

So, IMO, if your not using an analogue connection at all then the DVD player will probably sound at least as good and probably better.

 

[JurgenNL]

I have a Toshiba SD-900E and a Marantz CD-80 (an old, once famous cd-player), both connected digitally and analogue to a Marantz SR-14mkII. (As boxes I use B&W CDM 9NT's.)

I have tried the same record (and a copy: Rene Fleming, Bel Canto) in both players and listened carefully to both players and both connections.

I couldn't here a difference when both players were connected digitally to the receiver (thuis the DAC of the Marantz was used).

I couldn't here a difference between the analogue and digital connection of the Toshiba SD-900E.

I could here a difference between the analogue and the digital connection of the Marantz CD-80: the digital connection sounded a bit lighter, more analytic, the analogue connection sounded less so, probably a bit more musically. I don't know what I liked better. I had the impression for complex music I would like better the digital connection, for e.g. voices like Rene Fleming, I would like better the analogue connection.
[Later on I tried other music, too; with the same results.]

To sum up: it doesn't matter much, at least with my components.
Jürgen