PS3 or DVD player????

[admin_exported]

Is it worth to spend 300-400£ on decent dvd player if I have PS3??? or is it wasting of money?? is PS3 good enough for movies?? Is it better to spend those money on a good cd player?? I have onkyo 905 and dali ikon 6. What do you think guys?? And if I buy dvd player for 300-400£ is it going to be very good for music???

 

[professorhat]

I think you're better off spending that money on a CD player if you want decent DVD and music performance. You can probably pick up a DVD player for that money which will be slightly better than the PS3 for DVD playback, but it won't be a lot better and neither of them will be great for music performance. Sticking with the PS3 with DVDs will give you very good DVD playback and a dedicated CD player will give you much better musical performance.
My old Marantz CD-63 KI Signature CD player sounds very good plugged into my Onkyo 905 for music playback when using the Pure Audio mode.

 

[Andy Clough]

Agree with professorhat on this one. The PS3 is a perfectly decent DVD player for the money, I'd spend the extra money on a new CD player for music duties.

 

[Gary233932]

Im thinking of buying a Arcam dv79 or dv135 whould this be any good I have a 875 to do the scaling etc thanks Gary

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Guys!! So which Cd player would you recommend?? (300) As I have an onkyo amp I would like to buy onkyo Cd as well. Is that onkyo 6cd changer any good? Onkyo DXC390. It costs 250 in richersounds now: http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=ONKY-DXC390 What do you think?? Is there anything better for around 300??

 

[professorhat]

If you're looking for the best quality for £300, I wouldn't go for a CD changer - the mechanisms involved will compromise your sound. Any reason why you want to go Onkyo? For that price, I'd probably audition CD players from Cambridge Audio, Marantz or NAD.

 

[D.J.KRIME]

You could save Yorself a few quid and get on of these http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct_clearancebargains&pid=CAMB-AZUR640C-SIL an absolute bargain at £119 for a very capible CD player.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks again guys!! Professorhat the only reason is that I've got Onkyo amp and it would look better🙂 I thought is a good one🙂 D.J.KRIME so is cd player for 119 better for music than DVD player for around 400???

 

[D.J.KRIME]

I used to have a Cambridge 640c (which is the link I posted) and they used to retail at £250 but have been replaced by a newer version hence the bargain price of £119, for that price You would be getting a very good CD player.

Now I upgraded My DVD player to a DENON DVD3930 which I got Ex-Demo for £500 (RRP was £1100) which not only is it a Brilliant DVD Player but it is a extreamly Good CD player especially when used in DIRECT MODE so I no longer had use for the Cambridge as IMHO the Denon was far better.

Now seeing You have a PS3 which is OK for DVD the Cambridge at £119 is a good partner for Your CD's but IMHO if You can find a bargain as I did on something like the Denon 3930, it will do a much better job with both DVD and CD's compared to the PS3+Cambridge combination.