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    WiiM Ultra USB: possible to play an external DVD/CD player via USB?

    Per the title: I have a WiiM ultra, and it has a USB in/out port (which is powered). Is it possible to connect and play a DVD/CD optical drive (an external drive) via the WiiM's USB port? Or will it only play media from a solidstate type drive? Im wanting to use the external optical drive as...
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    CD transport HDMI out --> DAC HDMI ARC: How to convert?

    Hi everyone. I have a streaming DAC with analogue, TOSLINK, and HDMI ARC inputs, and I brought a cheapo CD/DVD player with analogue and HDMI output, using as a transport only. Unfortunately, at first try, the CD player HDMI won't signal to the DAC's HDMI ARC input. The CD player's DAC is low...
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    Shanling CD Transport CR60 Anyone?

    Here you go: LINK. My Yamaha universal CD player is doing just fine but the drive is noisy. So I am looking for an affordable player or transport.
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    Using a Sony BDP-S780 as a CD player, instead of a dedicated CD Transport and separate DAC

    I have a Rotel RX-603 stereo receiver from the 1970s and a pair of Linton Wharfdale 3XP speakers. What improvement would I see if I replaced my BDP-S780 Blu-ray player for something like the Leak CDT plus a Topping D50s DAC? Also, these outputs are the ones I have on the Sony BDP s780, so I...
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    I need some GOOD advice regarding a "CD player/transport device" made by TASCAM...

    I just joined this forum because I need some GOOD advice regarding a "CD player/transport device" made by TASCAM... --------------------- A little backstory: the Kenwood CD player that my grandparents bought BRAND NEW in 1986 (and I inherited about 10 years ago when they passed away) totally...
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    Help! DAC Suggestions for Cambridge Audio CXC-V2?

    Hello AK, I'm a bit of a noob to world of Hi-Fi. I started building my system about a year ago now. My brother-in-law gave me a JVC XL-FZ258 5-disc changer he picked up from an employer. It didn't look like it had ever been used, the price was right (free!) and it has proved to be a...
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    Vintage cd player as budget transport - Philips cdm, coaxial out.

    I've been enjoying a Magnavox CDB460 for a year or so now as a standalone player in my living room system. Today I hooked it up in my bedroom/headphone system via coax feeding an Audio-gd Dac19 DSP1 (PCM 1704). I hadn't tried it as transport-only and it made an appreciable difference playing cds...
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