For many people the compact disc pick-up will generate the same digital signal regardless the transport, relegating the difference of sound to the DAC. A smaller group thinks that any player will sound the same to any other, meaning that the internal DAC and the rest of the electronics have no impact on sound. Let's try to discover what is true and what is false in this video. Buckle-up!

Majority DVD-CD player (affiliation links):
US: https://amzn.to/4bpoQBN
UK: https://amzn.to/4dI2Bsp
IT: https://amzn.to/44V5TEU

LINKS:
HDCD video:    • HDCD: Compact Disc at its Best  
Ayon video:    • Ayon CD-35 II: My new reference!  
D200 video:    • The T+A DAC D200 Revolution!  
Digital disease video:    • The Digital Disease: Why analog sound...  

Test tracks download:
https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?co...

INDEX:
0:00 - Intro
1:47 - The cheap player
3:39 - The quality player
3:57 - The DAC
4:22 - Test transport intro
6:23 - Track A (transport)
7:20 - Track B (transport)
8:15 - Test results & conclusions
12:22 - Test player intro
14:51 - Track A (player)
15:47 - Track B (player)
16:43 - Test results & conclusions

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