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<blockquote data-quote="thylantyr" data-source="post: 1412750" data-attributes="member: 560358"><p>To clarify, I was referring to the cd player using that term loosely, could be sacd,</p><p></p><p>dvda, etc.... This source, then drives the next signal processor or preamp or</p><p></p><p>pehaps the amplifier directly if it has a volume control.</p><p></p><p>This source doesn't have to be expensive as technology has come along</p><p></p><p>way, it's not the 50's, 60's, 70's or 80's... Integrated circuits have taken</p><p></p><p>the place of discretes to do this job in a compact size.</p><p></p><p>You will be surprised when I tell that you Earl Geddes makes the same</p><p></p><p>claim, I believe he uses a sub $200 source to audition his high end</p><p></p><p>loudspeakers, because he believes in the same thing, source electronics are that good</p><p></p><p>today.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.gedlee.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gedlee.com/</a></p><p></p><p>[He's an audio guru x 100].</p><p></p><p>The only issue that concerns me with sources is noise and if the unit has</p><p></p><p>flat frequency response, which they usually do. I don't see a need</p><p></p><p>to spend $500 on a dedicated cd player or spend more on exotic external DAC's</p><p></p><p>if a $100 universal DVD player measures well.</p><p></p><p>My source is just that, cost me $126 shipped. Plays all the formats. I have the cash</p><p></p><p>to spend $5k on a source if I thought it would help, but I choose not to go there</p><p></p><p>as it's money down the drain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thylantyr, post: 1412750, member: 560358"] To clarify, I was referring to the cd player using that term loosely, could be sacd, dvda, etc.... This source, then drives the next signal processor or preamp or pehaps the amplifier directly if it has a volume control. This source doesn't have to be expensive as technology has come along way, it's not the 50's, 60's, 70's or 80's... Integrated circuits have taken the place of discretes to do this job in a compact size. You will be surprised when I tell that you Earl Geddes makes the same claim, I believe he uses a sub $200 source to audition his high end loudspeakers, because he believes in the same thing, source electronics are that good today. [URL="http://www.gedlee.com/"]http://www.gedlee.com/[/URL] [He's an audio guru x 100]. The only issue that concerns me with sources is noise and if the unit has flat frequency response, which they usually do. I don't see a need to spend $500 on a dedicated cd player or spend more on exotic external DAC's if a $100 universal DVD player measures well. My source is just that, cost me $126 shipped. Plays all the formats. I have the cash to spend $5k on a source if I thought it would help, but I choose not to go there as it's money down the drain. [/QUOTE]
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