What's wrong with a DVD player as a transport?

Steve,

I didn't even know there was such a thing as slow mode. So, unfortunately, I don't know. I sold the Sony a couple of years ago.

Oh, and you did not mod it. It was mod'd by one of the mod'rs popular on this site, but will remain nameless!

TIC

Warner,

I don't think there is necessarily a technical reason why a DVD player or a changer is an inferior transport. Typically I think the reason is simple economics.

Obviously a DVD player and/or a changer has more complexity than a dedicated CD player or transport. There are more components and more/different signal paths.

There is no reason why a manufacturer could not build a DVD player/changer that would be a great transport, however, they typically won't because the price would be out of reach for most of the buying public. Why build a great product if it just puts your company out of business because it doesn't sell?

Obviously a DVD player can be a great transport. Look at the praise on this site for the mod'd APL Denons and ModWright Sonys. By all accounts they are have excellent CD performance from a DVD based machine. Why didn't the OEM just build the player this way? Economics.....

Enjoy,

TIC

I had a Sony DVP-S7700 that was mod'd specifically for Transport duties. Personally, the Cary CD-308 and Theta Miles that I owned at the same time smoked the mod'd Sony when used as a transport. In my system the Sony made my digital front end sound like, well, a Sony DVD player. It was tonally OK, but the soundstage narrowed to a point between the speakers and it just didn't have an zip to it.

To each his own!

Enjoy,

TIC

Gm,

I wasn't trying to imply that anyone else's setup should behave as mine did. I was just stating that the Sony DVP-S7700 that was mentioned several times did not work well in my setup. The two dedicated players I owned at that same time were both superior when used as a transport.

Both the Cary CD-308 and Theta Miles (balanced) were easily better than the mod'd Sony used with either a Birdland Odeon Lite or Channel Islands DAC.

IMHO, YMMV, my system, my ears, etc.

Enjoy,

TIC