Time to laugh at the ignorance of a newbie: I need a new cd player, and don't really want to spend more than £70. I then thought "why not get a DVD player if that plays cds too", but when chatting to the guy in richer sounds, he seemed to suggest that dedicated DVD players will use crappy digital analogue convertors, thus resulting in naff cd playback. I always thought that DVD was cd quality sound. The Limit DVD9900SE (which Wilkes seems pretty pleased with) is going for £49.95, but will this match up to a dedicated cd player of similar price for audio quality (eg: Cambridge audio cd player at £60)? Tried to find detailed specs on internet but failed. Thanks a bunch for your help, and apologies if its a real simpleton's question.
problem with that is if your buying the cheaper end of the dvd market then you could end up suffereing on both cd and dvd playback. Speakers could be a critical feature when using a dvd player as an audio player, but there is a lot to loose with crap audio converters. on the other hand, if your buying a cd deck then you gotta get an amp with it also, bumping up the cost a bit more. IMO Richer sounds are the best budget hifi/dvd/home entertainment merchents in the uk - take their advice - if your worried enough to question the loss in quality then you should be buying a seperate system. i have bought quite a bit of kit from them over the last few years, and 99% of the time they have hit the nail on the head with their suggestions to suit my needs. Es
I since found a huge problem with the Limit DVD9900SE, and cannot recommend it any more. It only plays the first group in DVD-Audio. Not all 9. However - in general, my new Pioneer DV565A has DA converters in it as good as any standalone CD players have - the 24/192 ones for DVD-A. If your DVD player will also play DVD-A, then it is certainly good enough for ordinary CD's. Despite what they tell you in Richer Sounds, who are salesmen, and want to sell you 2 units instead of one. However, if you are talking about a CD player with a valve output stage, then why not. Otherwise, get a good DVD-A player & stick to one unit.
a good DVD-A player does seem to be what you are looking for DKK, and the Pioneer DV565A that Wilkes recomended is a nice deck for that. however, its price tag of around £160 isnt what your looking for. the guy from richer sounds (a salesman he maybe) was probably right when he said that the lower end price of the dvd player market isnt famous for its fabulous audio cd playback. hence why he suggests 2 decks for quality. If your not spending a lot of money then a specific machine to do its specific job to get the best out of it is what you want. im personally not convinced by these all singing all dancing "can do it all" pieces of kit, i prefer individual pieces of kit for individual purposes. i dont want my toaster to start frying eggs too <wink> Es
Cheers folks. Handy advice. I'll journey into Richer sounds today and hopefully put an end to all this deliberating. Might have to increase the amount I'm willing to spend by the soudns of things.
