Originally Posted by
Akira
I am toying with the idea of purchasing a CD player that has a digital output. My thinking is the input stage which is just reading D/D (CD digital information) doesn't make any difference in the quality of the signal as it is only a set of ones and zeros and there is no D/A conversion. I can then go D/D from the CD out into a high grade digital recorder which has a superb D/A converter on the output stage. True I am still stuck with a 44.1KHz 16 bit signal but it should be as good as you can get.
I play back my music on the digital recorder so in the end it is not extra work.
So am I correct in assuming the input stage of a CD makes no difference in the quality?