dvd player for audio transport use

toranabass

09-04-2006, 1:09 AM

Hi,

I planned to buy a dvd player to upgrade my system and connect it trough a msb dac.
I don't care about video quality, I just want to use it as an audio transport.

Here are the players:
harman dvd22 (wich has a very good review on HCC, and a low audio jitter, more, I highly appreciate the design..!)
yamaha dvd-s 557,
pioneer 585a (wich has worldwide good reviews)
samsung hd950
a 2nd hand pioneer 656a.

I don't care about dvd-a, sacd, hdcd (it will be a bonus, but still a little bonus), just a good performer, well built, easy to use (mainly with mp3 cds, with a random function).

wich one of them would you advise me?
Pierre.

musicman1999

09-04-2006, 3:21 AM

why are you set on using a dvd player as your transport.Why pay for a bunch of video circuits that you will never use?

thanks
bill

toranabass

12-04-2006, 11:34 PM

why are you set on using a dvd player as your transport.Why pay for a bunch of video circuits that you will never use?

thanks
bill

1) to add mp3 playback,
2) to get a newer player than my 6 years old philips,
3) to get only 1 player (WAF inside ;) )
4) I don't want to spend about 400usd (price in europe) for a h/k hd970 wich has mp3 playback,
4 bis) to keep one eye on sacd/dvd audio and so on... even if the records are confidentially sold...

Pierre.

Pat Marcus

13-04-2006, 12:01 PM

Implicit in musicmans question is the issue that no DVD at this price point is going to give you as good 2 channel playback as a dedicated CD player, if you can cope with having the extra box.
Im afraid that to get a DVD player with really good stereo reproduction you need to spend a lot of money, IMHO. That's not to say that DVD players arent capable of a "fair stab" at music reproduction.
Marantz are better than most, in this area.

Cable Monkey

13-04-2006, 1:01 PM

Take a look at the Panasonic DVD-S47. I have been quite happy with two Panasonics I have owned for CD playback and MP3 playback also. If you can source one, look for the older S75 as well.