cd player vs. blue-ray player

[freebird4808]

Would a cd only player sound better than a blue-ray player ?

 

[benricci]

Question is too vague to give a proper answer. A specific CD player might be better than a specific blu-ray player and vice versa, but you’d need to let us know which models you are comparing. That way we’d know which transports they use, which DACs, etc.

 

[runnin']

Generally speaking, a cheap blu ray player made in the last 6 or 7 years will have pretty compromised sound for cd playing. I'm talking under $200. There will be exceptions, but generally speaking, I'd avoid blu ray players unless you can snag something used that used to go for a few hundred or more. You'd be better off with a used cd player. Pay attention to the dac and the analog section. Or just go for a brand and model that is highly thought of around here.

CD players built in the last decade by Marantz, Onkyo and Cambridge Audio would all be options.

 

[freebird4808]

I have a sony blue ray player now but its kind of noisy.
Which other units should I keep an eye out for ? I would rather go used.

 

[runnin']

Some options include from Marantz, CD6004, CD6006. The 8000 series is even better but might get pricey, even used. Onkyo, the C-7030. Cambridge, 351c, and anything by Emotiva. For NAD, the C545BEE or 546BEE. I'm sure there are other older options as well, these are within the last 5 years or so.

 

[Grenadeslio]

I have a sony blue ray player now but its kind of noisy.
Which other units should I keep an eye out for ? I would rather go used.

I have a newer Sony Blu Ray player and it blows for music, but I still like me some Sony lol.

Sony DVP NS900V original MSRP $1000, now around $80, what's not to like?



Have two in black, still looking for one in silver that isn't in Russia selling for $300 lol.

 

[50nstillhifi]

I have a sony blue ray player now but its kind of noisy.
Which other units should I keep an eye out for ? I would rather go used.

Sounds if you are talking about a DVD player v. blue ray player.. given DVDs can contain music material with varying capacity. Most blue ray players I have used generally isolate their use to blue ray material.. which sounds great given the tracks have a wide dynamic range. As for a DVD player can play some CDs as well, giving the user great flexibility for both formats.

You can find excellent DVD players on EBAY or the like relatively inexpensive. But I am sure there may be blue ray players as well with that capability. Can't say I can name any

 

[GChief]

 

[robert_kc]

My 2.5 cents: CD Player vs Blu-ray Player

 

[GChief]

My 2.5 cents: Oppo 105 or Marrantz ND8006

Oh the trickery . I thought those links would be for those specific units, not a trap to go to one of your other posts .

 

[swechsler]

How are you hooking it up to your receiver? If you're using a digital connection (either optical or coax) it really won't make a difference. If you're using analog, I'd go for one of the earlier players, or maybe even a better DVD player, most of which have pretty much no value these days. You'll probably want an earlier player with a full display and front controls. FWIW I gave away a pretty good Denon DVD player a few years ago because I had no need for it. I suspect if you look around you should be able to find something similar.

 

[PianotunerNJ]

I was going to suggest you link your BluRay player to your receiver digitally and see if you still don’t like the sound. If you go analog from player, you're using the BluRay player’s DAC. If you go with a digital input, coax, optical or HDMI, you’re going digital and the receiver is doing the lifting for the sound quality. If you have a BluRay player without analog out, you could try a DAC from one of the digital outputs, or buy another disc player. If it’s me, I go DAC, and in the meantime, I start ripping my CD collection to a hard drive and I set up a music computer until I have no need to touch a disc. At least, with a nice DAC, you can work with a variety of sources, including most disc transports.

 

[runnin']

Great suggestions! Since we don’t know how the OP is planning to employ a CD player(or his budget), it’s good to know the various options with receiver vs analog 2 channel systems, etc.

 

[robert_kc]

Oh the trickery . I thought those links would be for those specific units, not a trap to go to one of your other posts .

I’ve edited the name of the link in my post #9 above (i.e., changed it from the default link name, which was the title of the referenced thread). Better?

My posts that I linked in post #9 discuss the capabilities of Blu-ray players vs. CD players, and the range of music recordings that can be played by each. These differences are important to me. The OP can decide whether the information that I shared is relevant to them (based on the genres of music they listen to), and decide whether my comments are helpful to them.

IMO the purpose of a discussion forum is for people to share information and opinions. My intent is to be helpful to the OP, by sharing commentary that I think might be relevant and informative. Please explain why you’ve characterized my post #9 as “trickery” and a “trap”. If your comments were intended as good-natured humor, then

 

[robert_kc]

Sounds if you are talking about a DVD player v. blue ray player.. given DVDs can contain music material with varying capacity. Most blue ray players I have used generally isolate their use to blue ray material.. which sounds great given the tracks have a wide dynamic range. As for a DVD player can play some CDs as well, giving the user great flexibility for both formats.

You can find excellent DVD players on EBAY or the like relatively inexpensive. But I am sure there may be blue ray players as well with that capability. Can't say I can name any

Examples of “universal players” that play Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, Pure Audio Blu-ray, SACD, DVD-Audio, DVD, CD, downloaded hi-res PCM (e.g., 24bit/192kHz or 24bit/96kHz FLAC), and downloaded hi-res DSD, and have analog audio outputs, include:

• Oppo UDP-205 provides analog audio outputs for 7.1
• Sony UBP-X1100ES, and the earlier UBP-X1000ES, provide analog audio output for stereo only (not 7.1)

The earlier Oppo BDP-105 and BDP-95 play all of the formats listed above except Ultra HD Blu-ray. (Oppo also manufactured lower priced versions of each of the players I’ve listed.) Unfortunately, Oppo no longer manufactures products.

There are other Blu-ray players that play some subset of the formats listed above, and provide analog audio outputs. For example, the Panasonic DP-UB9000 plays Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD, and CD, but does NOT play SACD, and therefore doesn’t meet my needs. (The Panasonic also does NOT play DVD-Audio.)

There are other universal players that play all of the formats listed above, but provide no analog audio outputs. An example is the Sony UBP-X800M2. FYI, there are limitations associated with coax and TOSLINK based DACS, discussed in the later paragraphs of this post: Ideal CD player for vintage two-channel audio.

For more discussion about universal players, see my post #9 above.

Different people have different requirements for a player, based on the genres of music they listen to. (Some recording formats are common for some genres, but not others.) For me, the Marantz ND8006 is inadequate because it doesn’t play SACD or the various Blu-ray variants, and therefore doesn’t meet my needs, and I would not characterize it as a “universal player”.

If a manufacturer offered a machine that does everything that the Marantz ND8006 does (including functioning as a music streamer), and supports ALL disc formats (including formats relevant to classical music such as SACD, Blu-ray, DVD, and CD), that for me would be a very useful player.

 

[labios]

If a manufacturer offered a machine that does everything that the Marantz ND8006 does (including functioning as a music streamer), and supports ALL disc formats (including formats relevant to classical music such as SACD, Blu-ray, DVD, and CD), that for me would be a very useful player.

Bingo. That’s exactly what I’m looking for. In an extremely thin design like the oppo dv-981hd

 

[JoeESP9]

For the budget minded the Sony X-700 plays just about every disc type known including SACD and Dolby Vision. It has two HDMI outputs and one coax. One HDMI is an audio only connection. It has no analog outputs.

 

[hoodie]

This ^.

 

[2011etec]

Im currently employing a Panasonic dvd s-35 as my cd player.It will accept many formats that were used in the early 2000,s.It should be a cheap option as it wasn't pricey to begin with.Im currently using a realistic sta 2100 and the sound is lovely.

 

[Pio1980]

Been using a Pioneer Elite DV-45A as my digital media player for a while now.