I’m the type of audiophile and physical media enthusiast who has 2 blu ray players: a 4k one for watching movies, and an older one just for listening to music.

The older one, an old Pioneer with a great Wolfson DAC, appears to be on its last legs. Any recommendations for a blu ray player with great audio processing? As mentioned above, I already have a 4k player, so I don’t need it to be able to play the latest 4k discs. Just CDs, music DVDs and Blu rays. I’d like to rely on the player’s DAC to connect the player to my stereo receiver via standard RCA connectors.

  • 120psi@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I ripped my entire collection of music to a NAS, but honestly I miss the ritual and intention of physical media. Guessing that’s why you want to keep a disc player around?

    • OddAbbreviations5749@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I rip all my discs because I load music on my iPod/iPhone/iPad, and until recently used to stream music from my computer to an AppleTV puck.

      The Cambridge Audio DacMagic is great for playing all of that in my living room speakers and headphones. It did start to seem overkill to have a Wolfson-powered external DAC, plus a Wolfson-powered Blu Ray player dedicated for only playing CDs.