Hi again,
I'm trying to buy my first HIFI system. I'm pretty sure about the Marantz PM6005 ampifier that everyone seems to love, but I'm not as sure about the source. I only have money to buy one source, maybe in the future another one...
At first I was sure about buying CD 6005 which also seems to be really nice, but them I knew about the streamers or network players like Marantz NA7004 (now discontinued) or Pioneer N50. Right now, about 99% of my music library is only in digital format, in a hard disk. I also love the posibility of listening to Internet radio stations of the streamers.The question:
Should I buy the CD player (which has a USB input) or should I buy the streamer?
I'm loking for a good sound quality (within my budget) so for me the main reason to buy the CD is the sound quality of the DAC but I'm not sure if is actually better.
Piooner N50 has a great review on WhatHifi but Marantz is going to launch NA8005 in a few months and it sounds like a good choice.
In other terms, PM6005 has a built-in DAC. The shop assitant told me that the one in the CD is much better that the one in the CD player, but in the Marantz's datasheet both of them are the same model!!! the CS4398 from Cirrus Logic. I don't know if additional hardware makes better the circuitry of the CD player but it seems that there is the same that you'll find in the amplifier. So now, the question is
Why to invest a lot of money in a good CD player if any cheap source with digital output throught the amplifier's DAC should sound the same?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Best regards!
I'm trying to buy my first HIFI system. I'm pretty sure about the Marantz PM6005 ampifier that everyone seems to love, but I'm not as sure about the source. I only have money to buy one source, maybe in the future another one...
At first I was sure about buying CD 6005 which also seems to be really nice, but them I knew about the streamers or network players like Marantz NA7004 (now discontinued) or Pioneer N50. Right now, about 99% of my music library is only in digital format, in a hard disk. I also love the posibility of listening to Internet radio stations of the streamers.The question:
Should I buy the CD player (which has a USB input) or should I buy the streamer?
I'm loking for a good sound quality (within my budget) so for me the main reason to buy the CD is the sound quality of the DAC but I'm not sure if is actually better.
Piooner N50 has a great review on WhatHifi but Marantz is going to launch NA8005 in a few months and it sounds like a good choice.
In other terms, PM6005 has a built-in DAC. The shop assitant told me that the one in the CD is much better that the one in the CD player, but in the Marantz's datasheet both of them are the same model!!! the CS4398 from Cirrus Logic. I don't know if additional hardware makes better the circuitry of the CD player but it seems that there is the same that you'll find in the amplifier. So now, the question is
Why to invest a lot of money in a good CD player if any cheap source with digital output throught the amplifier's DAC should sound the same?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Best regards!