Have you upgraded yet? If not, go to www.msbtech.com and order one of their $395 DACs. It comes with a 30 day return option so you really have no risk. If you have a 10 year old CD player, I would be shocked if you did not here a significant improvement. I added one to a brand new Philips recorder and the difference was stunning in all areas. If you don't think so, send it back. Regarding Fotopres advice below, I have read several of his posts and it seems that he spends more time reading and writing about equipment than listening to it. Do yourself a favor try the MSB and trust your ears.
advice on adding dac to old cd ?
I have the upgrade bug but not lots of cash,so I have been checking out dac's for sale on the different sites. My cd is a single disc JVC from 89 (jvc444).It has always served me well and still works great.I have owned a NAD and a Technics and this one sounds better.Would I be better off buying a current player such as cambridge 4 or adding a used DAC for a similar amount of coin.I did get to hear a rather exspensive Pioneer 6-pack in my system and the bass seemed deeper and smoother but it skipped so i dumped it.I have read a lot about Pioneer's transport being well rated so how much of the sound quality comes from the transport? I am pretty happy with the rest of the system. thanks AR 07 int. amp Tara labs interconcet on cd Energy 5.1 energy esm-2 Philips 212/ v15 IV bi-wire 10 GA no-name speaker wire.