Still cnfusd about upgrdg 4 bettr music reprductn


Hello ladies and gents,

First, my system;

Krell HTS1 processor
Pioneer Elite DV-C36 DVD
Plinius SA-250 MKIV L&R front chs
Aragon 8008x3b center & rears
Dynaudio Contour 3.0 L&R front chs
Dynaudio Contour 1.3 MKII rears
Dynaudio Contour center ch
Rel Storm III sub
Regina Warren Design ICs & SCs
The Ultimate Power Cord every where I could put them.

I posted a while back and got some great advice so hear I go again. I'm still looking to get better music reproduction from my system. I've decided to purchase a music only CDP. The names that have impressed me the most are Metronome CD2V Sig., Accuphase DP75V(used), Gamut CD-1 and Audio Note Transport 2-Dac 2.1x. Any opinions on these would be great. The real question is, once I get one of these players into my system will it expose my processor as not being able to hold up its end of the reproduction chain. I would like to get the processors dacs out of the way when it comes to music. The idea I have for that is to replace the processor w/one that has an digital bypass and or anolog pass through and add a tube pre amp so's to hook up the cdp to the tube pre and have the dac(s) from the cdp do the converting. Then have the tube pre go through the anolog pass through or play the cdp w/the processor in digital bypass mode and enjoy the music. How feasible is this. Any opinions, ideas, equipment suggestions and criticism of the idea and chosen equipment is welcome and very appreciated. Thanks for the help......John
jrwr7

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Hey Kthomas,
That is exactly what I had in mind but I thought the tube pre would bring something more to the mix. I'm considering trading up to the HTS3 7.1. It has the anolog pass through. Will that be all that is necessary for what I have in mind? Will the pre section of that unit be good enough? That is what I'm afraid of. If you have personal experience w/this let me know the details and how you like it compared to other systems you might have heared. Thanks for the responses. Keep them coming.....John