Why not buy yourself a nice WD hard disk based media player? It will play all sorts of audio and video files, supports external HDD through USB connection without the need for a computer, and the analog audio out beats the analog out of a Marantz CD6004. At least that's how it sounds to my ears and that of a friend's ear who owns these two devices. If you already have CDs, no problemo - just rip them to wav and store and play them on the WD.
venkatcr- "Now before people jump on me, please search and read a technical document I have written somewhere on HifiVision on this"
Will you please give the link of your Technical Documents? I am very much interested, searching but not found yet.
It is not like taking any dedicated cd player with digital out and expect night and day differences. You need to get good transport like VRDS.
analog out of WD Media player > analog out of Marantz CD 6004 ??
DAC of WD Media Player > DAC of Marantz CD 6004 ?
I doubt it. but anyways, if you find it good, enjoy , I am unable to believe this though...
Which specific media player (model) that you heard is being referred here jls?
We are not looking for a system at that cost. Please remember, I made it clear that comparisons are only between two products. Yes, a VRDS will be better than a dedicated Marantz CD player. BUT, the same Marantz CD player will certainly make a audible difference when compared to a mass market DVD player such as Samsung. That is what we are comparing here.
Cheers