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Rega Planet CD Replacement
I wonder over the merits of adding an outboard DAC to my 5 year-old
Rega player or just buying a new player.....the Rega was $700, and a decent DAC is at least $350-$400.....is that money well spent or am I better off with a current generation one-box player? The Rega is a fine unit, but I am looking for better resolution now that I have a Rogue 99 preamp. |
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Rega Planet CD Replacement
I wonder over the merits of adding an outboard DAC to my 5 year-old
Rega player or just buying a new player.....the Rega was $700, and a decent DAC is at least $350-$400.....is that money well spent or am I better off with a current generation one-box player? The Rega is a fine unit, but I am looking for better resolution now that I have a Rogue 99 preamp. An audible difference among CD transports has rarely, if ever, been shown, so if it is there it is pretty darn small. I don't see anything wrong with your Rega as a transport. On the other hand let's not kid ourselves, the audible differences between any pair of new CD players and/or DACs is vanishingly small and extremely difficult to prove even exists, because the degree of standardization in the technology has pushed its reproduction quality to a performance ceiling. Some would argue (especially in this bunch) that all properly constructed modern CD players sound effectively identical. So the scientific consensus says, if you really want to save your money for something important, buy a $200 Sony CD player. You will likely find it either sounds the same as the Rega (meaning that the Rega was already operating at ceiling) or that it is better. My brand new Sony definitely beats my Marantz CD-67SE, which dates from 1997, for example. But you will have to try yourself. I don't know if you will be able to beat the Rega, unless it has some kind of circuit to purposely degrade the sound to make it warmer (this is commonly done to please audiophiles). -Sean |
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