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DVD Player that sounds decent with Music

Discussion in 'Blu-ray & DVD Players & Recorders' started by spamboy, Jun 23, 2005.

  1. Jun 23, 2005 at 11:24 AM
    spamboy, Jun 23, 2005
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    Well, as the title really. I'm looking for a DVD player (hoping to pick one up second hand) which also sounds decent with music using it's analogue outs. HDMI not essential. - Proably max £200

    What should I be looking for?

    Thanks,

    SB
     
    spamboy, Jun 23, 2005
  2. Jun 23, 2005 at 12:08 PM
    braincapers, Jun 23, 2005
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    Don't know but I'd like one too! However, I'm looking a musical DVD player that not only plays DVD-A & SACD but plays them reasonably well.
     
    braincapers, Jun 23, 2005
  3. Jun 23, 2005 at 1:30 PM
    zAndy1, Jun 23, 2005
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    Philips 963SA, £99 at Play.com at the moment (bargain!) and sounds fantastic with music. Does SACD too (which sounds even more fantastic!).

    Cheers
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    zAndy1, Jun 23, 2005
  4. Jun 23, 2005 at 1:33 PM
    zAndy1, Jun 23, 2005
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  5. Jun 23, 2005 at 1:40 PM
    DennyL, Jun 23, 2005
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    I agree with zAndy1, I have a DVD963SA, and it plays CDs better than my Marantz CD6000OSE. DVD and SACD playback are very good to.
     
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  6. Jun 23, 2005 at 2:21 PM
    spamboy, Jun 23, 2005
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    That'll do nicely.

    Thanks,

    SB
     
    spamboy, Jun 23, 2005
  7. Jun 24, 2005 at 2:41 PM
    bu5ter, Jun 24, 2005
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    Hi just picked this up I am looking for a new dvd player to use as a do everything player.. I realise this is now an old model is it a worthy upgrade or is there better out there for the money at the moment. Not just for audio but dvd playback aswell??

    Cheers
     
    bu5ter, Jun 24, 2005
  8. Jun 24, 2005 at 6:02 PM
    zoro, Jun 24, 2005
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    New Yamaha DVD S2500
     
    zoro, Jun 24, 2005
  9. Jun 25, 2005 at 5:20 PM
    DeadKenny, Jun 25, 2005
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    Denon apparently do some good universal players that do DVD-A, SACD and I presume DVD Video. From some reviews I've seen they seem to be preferrable because they have proper bass management (something to do with the fact the audio has to come out of these players by analogue cables especially with SACD and DVD-A's MLP format as most amps don't decode these).

    Still deciding myself. I'm thinking of getting one that's HD ready, i.e. upscales to 720p and has DVI or HDMI sockets.
     
    DeadKenny, Jun 25, 2005
  10. Jun 25, 2005 at 11:48 PM
    njp, Jun 25, 2005
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    Price is showing as £139.99 currently. Have I just missed a bargain?
     
    njp, Jun 25, 2005
  11. Jun 27, 2005 at 8:48 AM
    Sigismund, Jun 27, 2005
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    You may have njp - it's also showing as "waiting for stock" :(

    Luckily I have one winging its way to me at the moment - I'll be able to compare video abilities to my Panny DVD97 and its audio abilities against my Limit DVD900SE, which is excellent at playing CDs. Can't wait for it to arrive :cool:
     
    Sigismund, Jun 27, 2005
  12. Jun 27, 2005 at 9:16 AM
    stripe, Jun 27, 2005
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    You could try the Limit DVDa900Se which play are doing at £50 which is tuned by Cyrus and it sounds excellent with music. This was a very good £200 player just over a year ago.
     
    stripe, Jun 27, 2005

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