Fury161
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By most accounts, I'm a vintage analog kind of guy. I have a Chromecast audio but usually just use it for background music (Pandora) around the house. But I do have ton of CD's packed away from back in the day and I'm not doing much with them. (I haven't had a CD player for many years.) So, I got on the prowl for a CD player and came across this baby:
Pioneer Elite DV45a. A quick bit of googling confirmed this was what I wanted and for $13, well....
So I got it hooked up yesterday and was immediately blown away by the quality of what I was getting out of it. To start with, I grabbed my son's Daft Punk CD and what a crazy full sound that had. So I pulled it up on Amazon Music and played the same track through the Cromecast and there was really NO comparison. The CD player blew the Chromecast in every respect! It was also much louder than the CCA.
I did a bit more reading on it and apparently the Burr Brown DAC's in the Pioneer are the bee's knees. So, here's the question (finally, I know...) is the difference in fullness and richness of the sound a result of the superior DACs in the DV45a? If so, I assume a dedicated DAC for the CCA will help? If so, any suggestions on a decent unit, preferably around the $100 mark?
Pioneer Elite DV45a. A quick bit of googling confirmed this was what I wanted and for $13, well....
So I got it hooked up yesterday and was immediately blown away by the quality of what I was getting out of it. To start with, I grabbed my son's Daft Punk CD and what a crazy full sound that had. So I pulled it up on Amazon Music and played the same track through the Cromecast and there was really NO comparison. The CD player blew the Chromecast in every respect! It was also much louder than the CCA.
I did a bit more reading on it and apparently the Burr Brown DAC's in the Pioneer are the bee's knees. So, here's the question (finally, I know...) is the difference in fullness and richness of the sound a result of the superior DACs in the DV45a? If so, I assume a dedicated DAC for the CCA will help? If so, any suggestions on a decent unit, preferably around the $100 mark?