New!!!!! NVA CD players

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

I forgot to say must have remote, and car units don't.

[Classicrock]

Not slot loading and CD only but this Onkyo 7030 has a good rep at low price.

[jammy395]

Teac are very good.

You can pick this up for under a Ton.

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Drawer though

[selby]

Just saw the Denon DCD-50, might be a suitable donor as it's small, doesn't have a tray and looks like ok specs.

[Ithilstone]

Denon DCD-50 isn't that over 300GBP ?

[jammy395]

Are external cd drives any use..........

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing ... teria.html

[Classicrock]

Are external cd drives any use..........

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing ... teria.html

Probably not because RD needs a complete machine to work with. I also think the quality of DAC is important but good ones appear in some quite cheap machines these days. Therefore some component and PS tweaks could produce sound approaching high end. I think the main drawback of nearly all current CD players (even expensive) is lack of quality robust draw mechanisms.

[Classicrock]

Are external cd drives any use..........

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing ... teria.html

Probably not because RD needs a complete machine to work with. I also think the quality of DAC is important but good ones appear in some quite cheap machines these days. Therefore some component and PS tweaks could produce sound approaching high end. I think the main drawback of nearly all current CD players (even expensive) is lack of quality robust draw mechanisms.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

ONLY DVD players under £180 are within the brief.

[selby]

I've wasted a few hours today looking at suitable players. Only things I found in budget were the Onkyo 7030 (mentioned above) and the Tascam CD-200. But neither are DVD players, neither play SACD and neither are slot loading. I found an American company called Emotiva (direct selling) who do a slot loading cd player but it's $399.

I can't find any other slot loading in the budget and all the DVD players seem to have crap dacs and focus on HDMI output.

I'll keep looking but jeez this quest isn't easy.