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I'm going to buy an inexpensive dvd(pioneer dv 333,panasonic rv30,toshiba sd2050).How will cd's sound on these?Will I need to spend a lot for a cd player to hear a difference?
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I don't have a lot of experience with numerous DVD players, but you might want to read my review of the RCA 5223P here. I believe the RCA (last years model) may be a Panasonic clone but I'm not sure. In any event, I sold my Arcam Alpha 8SE (retail $1000) because the RCA bettered (at a current on line price of $179) its performance. This either makes the RCA very good value, or the Arcam very bad, but the 8SE is a pretty respected CD player. There are numerous posts here from inmates regarding very good sound quality out of the Samsung 709 and the Pioneer players as well. My guess is that a decent sounding DVD player (that's the problem-how do you go about auditioning these for sound quality?) performs on the same level as budget "high end" players up to and possibly beyond the $1000 mark. Are they perfect? No. Easy to find? I don't really know. Maybe I just got lucky, but I doubt if I will ever buy a dedicated CD player again-just doesn't make economic sense to me with the experience I've had.
Hi Gordy, I've got a Toshiba SD-2200 dvd player that I really love. It plays cds just fine. I sold my cd player when I bought the Toshiba because it sounded so much better. I've never had a problem with it playing either, except most dvd players, and some cd players as well, won't play CD-R or any other computer generated discs. Toshiba's in general won't them either. But my dvd player DOES play cds without a problem, just as a cd player would, and in this case, it sounds better than the previous cd player. Peace SteveF
... appear to be very successful from reports posted here. The basic problem with redbook PCM (the standard of digital audio recording used on both CDs & DVDs) is time errors known as jitter. Inexpensive players (both CD & DVD) do not have good jitter control and their processors are pretty basic. Also, DVD players usually concentrate on video so, for $1000, a CD player can be expected to give better audio output than a $1000 DVD player which has much of its circuitry processing the video.Now that is not to say some are not better than others and there are no acceptable $1000 players around. Sadly however there is no cheap road to good audio reproduction from digital encoding. Personally I do not have wide experience with many players so leave it to others to make specific recommendations. Also do a search using AA's search engine as there has been heaps of discussion on all this.
A final note - there is a new generation of DVD players just around the corner, those able to play DVD-A so this is not really a good time to buy. However this is something else to absorb the dollars so the CD audio might not be so good. Against that decoding chips are improving all the time so next year's DVD player might be much better than those available now and might not cost any more. It is a confusing situation.
Good luck, but do LOTS of research befor buying
John
I think I'll hold off on the DVD until the smoke clears,at least until the new year.In the meanwhile I'll stick with the VCR and maybe devote my time looking at CD players. Gordy W....Canuck...ain't the web grand?
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