The DV09 is an excellent transport. It won't play CDRs though. I would do one of the following: 1. Spring for a decent DAC. You would be hard pressed to find some other unit to beat that DV09 as a transport. 2) Purchase a Pioneer Elite BDP09. This unit has an internal DAC system that can seriously compete with the best external DACs. No kidding. I have compared it as a transport and CD player/DAC with several external DACS in the $5000 range and it is right there in sound. The BDP09 which I use as a transport only for CD playback ( I have an Audio Research DAC 8 which is excellent and don't let anyone tell you otherwise). But the BDP09 is very close as a CD player/DAC.
So, get a decent DAC for the DV09 or buy a used BDP09 and use is as a CD player. You won't regret it. Most people replace the BDP09 because as a blue ray player although it is one of the best, it loads discs slowly. Which I really can't care less about.
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So, get a decent DAC for the DV09 or buy a used BDP09 and use is as a CD player. You won't regret it. Most people replace the BDP09 because as a blue ray player although it is one of the best, it loads discs slowly. Which I really can't care less about.
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