has the quality of sound improved in home CD players since the 90s ? I was wondering if it pay to upgrade to a newer CD player. I have a Kenwood CD204 now
I beleive that the CD player you have has a digital coaxial output, if you run a cable from the digital coaxial output to a digital coaxial input on a sound system the quality of the audio output would be up to the Sound system.
Compact Discs are encoded to a specification defined by the red book standard which was developed in the late 70’s and early 80’s and are recorded in a 2 channel 16 bit PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) format, the digital output on the CD player would be sending a raw PCM bitstream to the sound system which then decodes it into a 2 channel analog output. Most decent sound systems and nearly all stand alone amplifiers these days have processors like "Dolby pro logic" and "DTS Neo 6" to matrix a 2 channel input into a 5.1 channel output. I have a Harman Kardon AVR 130 amplifier (5 years old) and a sony CD player from about 1994 and the sound I get out of that is great….. its all about how its wired up
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Comment by bbt91945 on February 14, 2010 at 12:20 am
Most manufacturer have stopped producing a stand alone cd player. This is due to the dvd and blu ray disc players can also play the cds, which cuts the cost for the consumers. There are still cd player being made but they are the high end manufacturer. I was just reading one of my magazine for high ends and Krell has one for about $2,000. You can buy several blu ray disc players at that price. Hope this will help you out.
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Comment by crazy nae on February 14, 2010 at 12:32 am
I beleive that the CD player you have has a digital coaxial output, if you run a cable from the digital coaxial output to a digital coaxial input on a sound system the quality of the audio output would be up to the Sound system.
Compact Discs are encoded to a specification defined by the red book standard which was developed in the late 70’s and early 80’s and are recorded in a 2 channel 16 bit PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) format, the digital output on the CD player would be sending a raw PCM bitstream to the sound system which then decodes it into a 2 channel analog output. Most decent sound systems and nearly all stand alone amplifiers these days have processors like "Dolby pro logic" and "DTS Neo 6" to matrix a 2 channel input into a 5.1 channel output. I have a Harman Kardon AVR 130 amplifier (5 years old) and a sony CD player from about 1994 and the sound I get out of that is great….. its all about how its wired up
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