Improving the sound of a Marantz CD5400 on a budget?

[admin_exported]

Hello,

I have a Marantz CD5400 CD player at present and I have been considering buying a budget DAC to improve the sound. I wondered if any of the (many!) DACs available under £100 would actually be an improvement on the internal DAC of the Marantz player? Would I have to spend more than that to hear any improvement?

Any advice would be very welcome!

Thanks

Best Wishes

David

 

[stevebrock]

In all honesty Marantz CD players make great transports but think you need to be spending about to £500 to get a good improvement TBH

 

[slice]

I had a marantz 5003 partnered with a marantz amplifier, and bought a beresford bushmaster DAC. I thought it made for a an improved bass, cost c £170, pleased I bought it. You could look for my review on this forum, and be amused at the fuss that followed the review! Since then the marantz cd player broke. Provisionally used a sony dvd player, then a cambridge topaz as transport (which I got because the 5003 was under warranty). The bushmaster sounds the same through all of them.