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Systemic Development => Digital Audio Devices => Topic started by: movielover40 on April 18, 2016, 02:10:48 PM

Title: New user using a Denon DVD-5000 as a DAC
Post by: movielover40 on April 18, 2016, 02:10:48 PM

First post here.

Picked up one of these because it had a optical input on it.

Any thoughts on this?

Thing is super heavy and seems to be super well built.

I use a cheap Entech Number Cruncher on my computer audio out as I have a sound card with optical outputs on it.

Looked into some TDA1541 dacs but they seem super expensive.

Title: Re: New user using a Denon DVD-5000 as a DAC
Post by: richidoo on April 18, 2016, 03:34:32 PM

Welcome to AudioNervosa

http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/nice-surprise-denon-dvd-5000-as-a-dac.363467/

The Philips TDA1541 dac is very old technology.  People still love it (lampizator?) because it's non-oversampling but to me it sounds like some old vintage tubes, missing edge and life. I think some newer chips avoid the sibilant digititis and are more capable overall. PCM1794, ESS9018 depending on the implementation, of course.

Your Denon sounds interesting, worth a try.

Title: Re: New user using a Denon DVD-5000 as a DAC
Post by: movielover40 on April 19, 2016, 07:20:54 AM

thanks rich!!

Title: Re: New user using a Denon DVD-5000 as a DAC
Post by: rollo on April 19, 2016, 07:42:41 AM

Welcome aboard. A decent transport maybe. Check out inexpensive Schitt bitfrost. Not a dealer for Scitt.


charles

Title: Re: New user using a Denon DVD-5000 as a DAC
Post by: movielover40 on May 31, 2016, 02:01:19 PM

the laser won't work on it so i use it only as a dac.

Title: Re: New user using a Denon DVD-5000 as a DAC
Post by: sleepyguy24 on May 31, 2016, 02:55:12 PM

The Denon DVD-5000 is quite the interesting piece of gear.

(http://img.canuckaudiomart.com/uploads/large/647521-denon_dvd5000_amazing_condition.jpg)

That is cool that it can be used as a DAC from looking at the back of it. Who would have thought that using the digital input on the DVD5000 and it would output to the analog outputs. Whenever I saw the digital inputs and outputs on a DVD player I thought only the digital outputs were active when the digital input was used.

I think the older Phillips DAC is along the lines of what Rich said above. To me they are a little smoother and don't have as much detail as the newer Sabre DACs. They do have some life in my experience but not as much sparkle and detail but it is a fine line. I have a NOS DAC that I keep around when I want a different flavor to the music.

As long as you enjoy the DVD5000 keep enjoying it. If I had a working DVD5000 and liked the sound a lot I would keep it just for the cool factor. A 40 lb DAC with that insane power supply. Good stuff.