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Newbie question on digital source.

I am totally new to hifi world. I am gradually building my system. I bought the NHT 3.3 speakers and a Aragon 8008 MkII amp. I am searching a preamp which I got a lot of recommendations.

Now for digital source, a friend recommend me the Sony DVP-S7000, which is cheap for used. But seems no one is using it in their hifi system. I am thinking about the Perpetual P3A to be used as DAC. But seems I still need to spend some money on a good CD player as transport. I have a technical question regarding this:

Does CD transport matter? My understanding is that, evey the cheapest DVD player has a coax or optical (toslink) output and send PCM signal which is pure digital to DAC. So why I need to spend a lot of money on CD transport?

Could you guys recommend some reliable used CD players or CD/DAC combination? I am thinking about DVD player with optical output and a P3A DAC. Is it good enough to match my system? My budget is up to $500.

Thanks,
Roy
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Try the Birdland Audio Odean (DAC $998 new, $500 used) with volume control. You can go straight to and amp with it.

Amazing sounding DAC and you skip the preamp all together.

If you want a preamp, try the Bel Canto Pre1 with DAC1 built in. You could find it for $1500 used.
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