A CD PLAYER whose sound quality NOT AFFECTED by the DAC?

Is there such an animal? I mean… why buy high quality and then have to thread it into my Bluesound Node DAC?

moose8904-14-2022 1:01pm

2psyop Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,939 posts 04-15-2022 at 02:43am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I don't completely agree that the DAC inside the Node is not that great. It sounds really good to me. I guess my external Bifrost 2 or Benchmark sounds slightly better but when I play most MQA files through Node alone it sounds very, very good. YMMV
gregdude Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 222 posts 04-15-2022 at 02:49am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Does it sound good the way you do it? Therein lies your answer.
moose89 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 199 posts 04-15-2022 at 02:58am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I agree. Bluesound Node. Sounds too good to waste $$ on DACs that don’t include ARC HDMI
anotherbob Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 344 posts 04-15-2022 at 03:33am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete 2psyop- if Tidal MQA sounds good, imagine how much better Qobuz would sound!
mwinkc Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 387 posts 04-15-2022 at 04:55am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I currently run BALANCED to the NODE, whose DAC has been better than most. I've never heard of a Node with balanced inputs.