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Guilty as charged

julian, thanks for all your info (Tom A too). Yes, I suppose I am simplifying but still, the real gist of my comments is that the source of the digital data is no longer confined to a factory CD. As long as all the original bits are there and the media hub can properly (that is: complete, error-free, correctly timed) transmit the data to the DAC, it doesn't matter where the data bits came from. And the jukebox offers vast functionality enhancements over a conventional CD player. Not to mention the aesthetics of not having to keep the CDs in the general area of the hi-fi (I prefer a minimalist look).

Ok, I see. So perhaps because the transport itself is a third party device (Phillips?) and presumably not a big part of the overall cost of a top CD player, the cost of the DAC version of such a CD player might be very close in price to the full feature player? I guess that makes sense.

Oh, and thanks for the DAC suggestions. I think some auditions are in order once I get a few CDs ripped to disk.

Thanks again for all the info, great stuff!

-Peter

<blockquote data-quote="plz" data-source="post: 584469" data-attributes="member: 1976">Guilty as charged&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />julian, thanks for all your info (Tom A too). Yes, I suppose I am simplifying but still, the real gist of my comments is that the source of the digital data is no longer confined to a factory CD. As long as all the original bits are there and the media hub can properly (that is: complete, error-free, correctly timed) transmit the data to the DAC, it doesn't matter where the data bits came from. And the jukebox offers vast functionality enhancements over a conventional CD player. Not to mention the aesthetics of not having to keep the CDs in the general area of the hi-fi (I prefer a minimalist look).Ok, I see. So perhaps because the transport itself is a third party device (Phillips?) and presumably not a big part of the overall cost of a top CD player, the cost of the DAC version of such a CD player might be very close in price to the full feature player? I guess that makes sense.Oh, and thanks for the DAC suggestions. I think some auditions are in order once I get a few CDs ripped to disk.Thanks again for all the info, great stuff!-Peter</blockquote>

[QUOTE="plz, post: 584469, member: 1976"] Guilty as charged :D julian, thanks for all your info (Tom A too). Yes, I suppose I am simplifying but still, the real gist of my comments is that the source of the digital data is no longer confined to a factory CD. As long as all the original bits are there [B]and[/B] the media hub can [B]properly[/B] (that is: complete, error-free, correctly timed) transmit the data to the DAC, it doesn't matter where the data bits came from. And the jukebox offers vast functionality enhancements over a conventional CD player. Not to mention the aesthetics of not having to keep the CDs in the general area of the hi-fi (I prefer a minimalist look). Ok, I see. So perhaps because the transport itself is a third party device (Phillips?) and presumably not a big part of the overall cost of a top CD player, the cost of the DAC version of such a CD player might be very close in price to the full feature player? I guess that makes sense. Oh, and thanks for the DAC suggestions. I think some auditions are in order once I get a few CDs ripped to disk. Thanks again for all the info, great stuff! -Peter [/QUOTE]

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