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CD Player with digital input?

I am looking for CD Player ideas. I like the idea of finding a player that has digital input to that I can send it digital input from a sonos ZP80 and in doing so no longer need my Benchmark Dac1 and be able to sell the Benchmark to help offset the cost of the CDP. (unless of course the cpd's with digital inputs cost $700 more in which case it becomes irrelevant.
My other components are:
McIntosh MA6900, B&W 805s.
Currently using a cheapo toshiba xa2 hd dvd player to send coax to the Benchmark. The sound improvement was so much over the sonos fed WAV files going to the benchmark and I am curious about what a "REAL" CDP can do in my room.
Thanks in advance!
jimmy3993

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magfan
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I use the CA 840c in a similar fashion.
The balanced outs of the CA are just icing on the cake!
The CA also has not 1 BUT 2 channels of Digital input......
and BOTH have both Optical and Coax!
Current or planned connections:
OPPO universal:: HDMI video to TV / Digital to CA for sound
Confuser:: Burn all CD's to FLAC (lossless) and use as a
server to stereo, again thru the CA.
Even internet radio would be available to my stereo in that manner.

You have some listening / planning to do!
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