dac or cd player?

[poriya]

I have pioneer bluray( bdp-160) and using the usb port to play music files in my hdd..i use the rca port of bluray to feed amp...the quality is not bad...the question is with 500$ budget,,its better to buy a dac as a convertor or buy a cd player with built in dac( for example marantz cd 6005)?...which one do you recommand?

 

[slice]

The Marantz 6005 cd player does not have a dac that can be used by other devices. Maybe you are thinking of the marantz 6005 amp, though even that doesn't have a usb input.

 

[audipheonix]

what kind of improvement are you looking for? What are the aspect that you think is missing from ur current setup?

 

[poriya]

The Marantz 6005 cd player does not have a dac that can be used by other devices. Maybe you are thinking of the marantz 6005 amp, though even that doesn't have a usb input.

I mean using the cd player as music source and connect Hdd to it, then connect the RCA to the amp....and using bluray for just watching movies

 

[poriya]

what kind of improvement are you looking for? What are the aspect that you think is missing from ur current setup?

mostly bass response, not punchy as should be

 

[Ketan Bharadia]

If those are the areas you're trying to improve it's possible that some other part of your system is at fault. I'd have a look at the speakers or amp.

 

[poriya]

If those are the areas you're trying to improve it's possible that some other part of your system is at fault. I'd have a look at the speakers or amp.

I have old sony set lbt-v715 (japan made) which sound pretty good when i connect video game consol to it ...so i think there should some improvement in digital to analog conversation,,im i right?