CD Player upgrade

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I recently purchased a new Samsung DVD Player with a DVI output to my
widescreen HDTV. It upsamples the resolution on a DVD to 1080i. The picture
looks great. I am presently using the DVD player as a CD transport to my EAD
Encore pre/pro which doesn't sound bad on my Legacy Focus speakers which are
also part of my Legacy HT setup.

I am considering the purchase of a used Wadia 830 CD player and using the DACs
in it. I know that I can output it directly to an amp but would probably just
run it into one of the analog inputs on the EAD for simplicity's sake. Would I
really gain that much in sound with the Wadia to justify buying more equipment?
What are your thoughts?

Richard

 

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You won't gain anything by doing what you propose. The Encore will
re-digitize the analog signal so it's volume and set-up controls will
work. In other words it is not true analog, but an analogue to digital
convertor.

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 18:19:41 GMT, rhgoo7@aol.com (Rhgoo7) wrote:

>I recently purchased a new Samsung DVD Player with a DVI output to my
>widescreen HDTV. It upsamples the resolution on a DVD to 1080i. The picture
>looks great. I am presently using the DVD player as a CD transport to my EAD
>Encore pre/pro which doesn't sound bad on my Legacy Focus speakers which are
>also part of my Legacy HT setup.
>
>I am considering the purchase of a used Wadia 830 CD player and using the DACs
>in it. I know that I can output it directly to an amp but would probably just
>run it into one of the analog inputs on the EAD for simplicity's sake. Would I
>really gain that much in sound with the Wadia to justify buying more equipment?
>What are your thoughts?
>
>Richard

Dan Santoni
DTS Audio
Hamilton, ON
Canada