Vinyl Rules!
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A recent edition of What Hi-Fi? reviewed the Cambridge Audio CXU universal disc player and gave it high praise.
I had planned to upgrade to an Oppo BDP-105, but the magazine's review noted CD's played through the CXU sounded significantly better than CD's played through the 105.
About 75% of my use will be listening to CD's and the other 25% viewing movies.
However, I want a single unit that plays both CD's and Blu-Rays and DVDs.
The 105 uses the 32 bit ESS Sabre DAC's that get high praise, whilst the CXU uses some older Wolfson 24 bit DAC's (not their most current DAC's). I'm not sure if this is important, as I've always read the configuration of a DAC, how it is used in a circuit, and its power supply are much more important than the specific DAC.
Has anyone had the opportunity to compare both of these specific two units on CD's, and if so, can you share your opinions?
Thank you.
I had planned to upgrade to an Oppo BDP-105, but the magazine's review noted CD's played through the CXU sounded significantly better than CD's played through the 105.
About 75% of my use will be listening to CD's and the other 25% viewing movies.
However, I want a single unit that plays both CD's and Blu-Rays and DVDs.
The 105 uses the 32 bit ESS Sabre DAC's that get high praise, whilst the CXU uses some older Wolfson 24 bit DAC's (not their most current DAC's). I'm not sure if this is important, as I've always read the configuration of a DAC, how it is used in a circuit, and its power supply are much more important than the specific DAC.
Has anyone had the opportunity to compare both of these specific two units on CD's, and if so, can you share your opinions?
Thank you.