cd player recommendation

Juszat,

Don't know what your budget is and if you are willing to buy used, but I have been very pleased with my Cambridge Audio 840C CD player/DAC. I bought one a few months ago but found myself having to liquidate soon after because of a sudden financial issue. The sell of the 840C did take care of that problem but left me with another problem, no CD player/DAC. I then began a quest to find another 840C and now am enjoying wonderful CD playback and also using the DAC when streaming music files and Pandora from my SMART TV.

If used gear is not your thing, my understanding is that the new CA 851C player/DAC is even better than the 840C but unfortunately does also cost more.

Bill

0-26-13: Rockyboy
"Willland - so just asking you to confirm...the Cambridge 840c or Cambridge 851c will allow me to stream music from my upstairs Airport Express to my downstairs stereo system?"

I know the 840C itself does not have wireless capabilities(if that is what you are asking) but not sure about the 851C. I stream Pandora from my Samsung SMART plasma TV via optical to the 840C DAC and on to my NAD T175HD pre/pro. I stream music files from my PC or SMART phone wirelessly to the TV to the 840C DAC to the NAD pre/pro. The NAD's onboard DAC's are good but I think the 840C betters them by a small margin and I like the upsampling capabilities of the 840C.

Bill

10-26-13: Rockyboy

"Willland - ooops!"
"Was wondering if I could stream from the PC directly to either model Cambridge, thereby negating the need for the Airport Express."

You could also pick up one of these, thus negating the need for the Airport Express.

http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/products/bt100-wireless-audio-receiver

Bill