Suggestion for Audio CD Player

Muthu:

For the TEAC player, you have to look around in the market. It used to be very popular with recording shops.

The Beresford DAC - I have read that some members here use it. Please look up their web site Home HIFI. Some of the members have ordered online and have paid 7,500 including transportation and customs.

If you are unconfortable with online ordering, talk to Sudhin Prabhakar at Pro Musicals. he may be able to recommend and supply a good DAC for you. He deals with professional equipment. His contact details are 2819 3446 and 2819 3823.

Cheers

Thanks Venkat. I will refer the site and decide.

Regards,
Muthu

Dear Mr.Muthusami

I will prefer a Marantz or CA over Teac anyday , even if you are using a external DAC , try to use a good transport as far as possible. Teac was a good product few years back , but now i dont think they are ready to challenge the leaders , you dont need a DAC , when you are using a CD 5001 or 640cV2,

I auditioned a Behringer DAC2496 along with Marantz CD5001 , i could not find any difference between connecting the DAC and not connecting the DAC.

hope this helps.

david.

That Philips DVP642K is a better transport than any of the entry level cd players being talked about here. I'd say keep it instead of throwing it away. All of these cd players use either a philips or sony transport anyway.

What I'd suggest which will give you far better bang for the buck is to import a Zero DAC for ~180$ shipped to India. This is quite close to your original budget and there are a few dealers in HK who'd ship to India. With this is better off than any cd player below 30 grand.

Someone suggested a Berfordshire DAC. Unfortunately its rather old and no longer as good as some of the sources from the far east.

Muthu:

I roamed about quite a lot in the markets of Chennai such as Spencers Plaza, Ritchie Street, and a fe other places.

Whenever I asked for a CD Player, people looked at me as if I was from Mars or Venus. For the open market, it looks as if the CD Players is becoming an endangered species.

The only ones available are Yamaha and Denon costing around 15,000. Of course CA's 340C will be around the same price or cheaper. NAD's enntry level CDP should be around the same. It may be possible to buy some CDPs costing around 5K in Mumbai. I would encourage someone from Mumbai to pass his views on this.

Do you have a computer? If you have one, a better option may be to buy a good sound card with the necessary outputs to connect to your amp. You can use the PC also to rip your CDs to FLAC files and prepare yourself to go digital shortly.

Let us know what your views are.

Cheers

^^Adding to venkatcr's comment, the Zero DAC comes with a free USB-> SPDIF converter included in that price allowing one to use the DAC with a computer.

Hey Venkat,
I presume u are referring to NEW cdps @ 5K in mumbai. I am not aware of a cdp from any of the reputed cos which goes for 5K. Maybe some chinese cdps are available but i have no clue about them. U get tons of DVD players for even less but dedicated cdps start a bit higher than 5K in mumbai or elsewhere in the country IMO.
Regards

Yes Dinyaar, I was looking for a new CDP. I was specifically looking for a Teac CDP, or one from Pioneer or some such Japanese company that are generally used in those shops that do recording and copying of music CDs.

When I said 5K, I meant around that price. What I was attemting here was to get some information by which Muthu could get a good CDP with excellent DAC for less than 10,000. Frankly, it seems difficult.


I re-looked at the Beresford specs, and it seems to be very much alive. They have released a new version of their TC-7510 that works at upto 352.8KHz. In the reviews there is one guy who says he prefers the Beresford to the DAC1. I have also read some members of this forum saying they they really like the sound of the Beresford.

I read some details of the Zero DAC. It seems to made more for a headphone, though it does have a pre-out that can be connected to a power amp.

The DAC1 i assume is costing 5 times more then TC-7510. So is it right to compare both of them? And can the TC-7510 can actually be better then something which costs 5 times more then what it costs
I have also not used any of the two, infact none outboard DAC's

The basic problem with the Beresford is the lack of a clean internal power supply. It uses a wall wart for the power needs and everyone knows how noisy the power output from a wall wart can be. This one has a proper power supply stage and doesn't rely on an outboard wall wart. That is the biggest advantage. Price is another advantage as well and so are the extra output options.