cd player vs cd transport + dac !!!

[@Jil8840]

Oh my god what a difference!!! Bryston cd player sounds so much better. I detect a serious stereo image problem with the dac transport combo. The image plane seems to lean towards the left side producing a very bad, unbalanced stereo image. With the Bryston cd player the music sounds coherent, cohesive, as a whole. Very live and very transparent, too

[@williamjueschke9960]

Interesting test, thank you for this, undecided.

[@joz411no8]

That is a nice sounding CD player, but the transport and DAC combination sounds effortless and more natural.

[@rickychan9229]

CD Transport + DAC is better. More airy and realistic sounding.

[@tongton853]

thank you for your comment

[@bellaphone5719]

Chinese love melody .back in them days

[@johnsimmons5056]

The CD player sounds very digital with very bright highs and sharp transients. The CD Transport/DAC sounds much more natural.

[@Csnumber1]

So first, who is the artist here. I would want to listen to it on my own system as a reference to first, but here is what I “hear” on my system at home through KZbin. I think the Bryston is more revealing. There is definitely more space around her beautiful voice. For my ears, the instruments used reach highs not always found in other genres of music. The Trans/Frips combo, does a very good job of taking the edges of what the Bryston reveals. And it’s a more pleasing sound. Share the artist so I can hear what you heard!

[@tongton853]

Thank you for your comment.. The artist is Tong Li

[@connorduke4619]

With the CD player the music comes from the speakers, with the Transport + Dac the speakers disappear.

[@iudbus1]

Thanks for the tests, it is always useful to have audio review. Surely agree of the superior quality of the combination transport + DAC, nevertheless must highlight that each of these components costs about 2500$ so it is reasonable that the Pontus could deliver more than the integrated DAC inside the Bryton BCD1 (without diminish the quality of the Bryton). Definitely with a system like this and if you already have the Pontus available the Jay's is the optimal match. Thanks

[@tongton853]

Thank you for your comment.

[@boballard6040]

Pontus & Jays hands down.

[@dennishill290]

Nice presentation 👏... !

[@melockavich9596]

That whole system sounds like a big cell phone no bass get some speakers

[@robinmurray9801]

Those speakers are extremely bass heavy..no need to "get some speakers"..the music is recorded that way.

[@robinmurray9801]

I have a Cambridge CD player with similar specs as the Bryston. I am considering purchasing a Bryston DAC and use the Cambridge as a drive only with digital outs to the Bryston DAC. Curious if there will be much difference?.

[@tongton853]

I used to own Cambridge cd player some time ago (c840), the sound was quite nice and natural but not as much detail and dynamic as Bryston cd. I think adding Bryston DAC to your cd should make a difference, but how much , I can't tell. From my experience, Bryston made a very good DAC.

[@wraspire]

DAC不错，声音还是有点单薄

[@Thamothy]

cool video!

[@tongton853]

Th​ank you​ krab

[@fredsin6393]

在 KZbin 用手機收聽，我聽不到太大分別，請問筆者在現場聽的感覺怎樣？另外請問CD 轉盤是Jay's Audio 那個型號？

[@tongton853]

i feel that cdt+dac provide a little bit more natural sound.., Jay's transport model CDT2 Mk3..

[@roberthart9886]

dac pre head shoulders BUT... price to price???

[@Linnjazzy-93]

What about bryston connect to the dac ?

[@trulyblessed5236]

What speakers are those?

[@tongton853]

These​ are​ PMC​ twenty5 24​

[@trulyblessed5236]

@@tongton853 Hi. thanks for the reply. Is that DIY? where did you buy it. It sounds good

[@brucecrum4467]

I hear the Jays transport is good but the new project is even better have you tried it yet

[@tongton853]

i think jays is a very good value for the price .., new project, you mean new cdt3 ? i haven't tried it yet.

[@brucecrum4467]

Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 T CD Transport

[@tongton853]

@@brucecrum4467 i haven't tried it. how is it?

[@brucecrum4467]

I have not tried it

[@adamwrzalik1356]

Cd transport plus dac robi różnicę

[@garycarnevale2530]

Whats the point of sound demos on you tube, when the media is far inferior to the sources, both analog and digital ...?

[@tongton853]

Internal vs External DAC ..

[@harryprophete2019]

CD player

[@maxcasci7432]

hello can I ask what model are the Dac and the transport? thank you

[@tongton853]

Dac = Denafrips Pontus II / Transport = Jay's audio CDT2 Mk3

[@gp365y]

What album is this?

[@tongton853]

Tong​ Li : Top​ Ten Cantonese Gold​ Songs

[@gp365y]

@@tongton853 thank you. It's good.