Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo How much difference does a good CD player make ??

There is an interesting point coming out in this thread :

Cheap CD players may be able to sound very good (drive mech notwithstanding) since all they are supposed to do is pass along a bitstream... but of course this only works if you are connected digitally.

If your cheap CD player has an analog feed to the receiver (hmmm, wondered what that connector on the back was for) then all bets are off -- although I guess one could argue that it's harder to cut corners and screw up the relatively simple CD electronics than it is to mess up the processing required on a DVD player.