Any Marantz cd player owners compared cd audio quality with bluray player that have analogue out?

How was it? What did you find?

I have 2 BD players, a Panasonic DMP BDT220 and Pioneer BDP-180 but no standalone cd player and I'm curious about the differences in sound quality.

This post has been edited by A.B.D.: Sep 25 2019, 11:12 AM

from your experience does the higher sampling rate of bd player and quantitization process you mentioned worsen cd sound quality and is it audible?

which marantz cd player are you using?

thanks for sharing

appreciate your input

What audible difference can you hear?

How about optical out from bd player to external dac? Sampling become 44k or still 48k? Do you know?

Ok. For pioneer bdp180 no coaxial out. But when I optical out to yamaha r-n803 ess dac, I feel the sound a bit thin. Prefer analogue out, sounds fuller. The bd player just using mediatek av processing chip.

Any experience with optical cables? I’m using those plastic type RM20+ for 1.5m bought in Aeon. A few articles online say cheap plastic or expensive glass cable no difference, but I’m not sure.

ok thanks guys. i read some of other people's experience with both glass and plastic and the difference seems too small, or not even there. glad i didn't spend more on this.

Cool, thanks

That amp remote should be able to control the CD player also.

What’s the listening room size?

i think dynaudio emit m20 will be good in this room size, bass wise

or b&w 606

the only elacs i heard before are b6.2 and ub5

i guess b6.2 also meets your needs for your room, or monitor audio bronze 2

b5.2 woofer is smaller and since you mentioned bass in your opening post i would just stick to 6.5 inch mid/bass woofer

there's cmy too. but you have to call ahead and find out which branch to audition the particular model of speakers.

in sungei wang plaza, cmy has a huge sales gallery and also a small second hand hifi shop on a lower floor. you can check out Dali models that suit your budget too.

there's perfect hifi also, that sells speakers like kef and sonus faber.

i think since your amp choice is fixed, you should ask them to match it as close as possible. otherwise they may use amp that is many levels higher than yours.

i've bought items from both shops. both staff helpful and friendly. their speaker brands are different so who you buy from depends on the brand you decide on.

if you want elac b6.2 then style laser.

good thing for you is both sell the marantz receiver that you want. only room size may not match when you audition speakers.

if you buy both items from same shop, you can probably nego for a bit more discount or freebies.

the article doesn't seem balanced, more like hard sell. it mentions weak bluetooth but how is bluetooth used in this amp?

this guy is supposedly a fair reviewer, but he is also long winded

Has anyone ever compared Marantz CD player eg cd6006 to a bluray player eg pioneer bdp-180 on the analogue output when playing CD?

I’m curious what differences can be heard.

thanks for the response. i'm still not sure if i should buy a dedicated cd player.

but in my system i'm quite sure playing cd, although with bluray player, sounds better than playing hires flac files.

interesting comment about the usb port poor audio quality. for my yamaha r-n803, i realised the usb port is not good also.

i have to use the usb port of bluray player and optical out to the yamaha receiver for better sound. quite troublesome and also strange.

Yeah that’s why still browsing for dedicated player. But I need to make sure it doesn’t sound worse than my bd player digital out to receiver with ess 9006 dac. Otherwise waste money.

Are you still using a cd player now? What model?

I see. Thanks for your input.

update to my own post, i decided i couldn't go for a marantz player in this current economic situation although the CD5005 is very tempting and affordable to others

https://www.hiwaylaser.com/product/marantz-...5005-cd-player/

apparently it's a CD6005 minus USB function

in the end i found a used panasonic dvd-s47 for RM60 which i will use as my "cd player" in the mean time

good thing it doesn't sound worse than my pioneer bdp-180 playing cd or the ess dac in yamaha r-n803

i'll probably make a post about this dvd player as a separate topic to share with the community

i will continue to dream about owning a marantz product, although i've owned a budget model cd46 back in the 90s