Conference hips::uk_audioo

383.0. "Laserdisk player as a Transport for CD?" by UFHIS::JMASLEN (The wheels fallen off your day yet?!) Tue Nov 17 1992 15:56

    Ok you sleepyheads......where are you all?(got the packet /out to lunch
    /yawn....who needs hifi......)
    
    now that I have your complete attention..........
    
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    have any of you tried using laserdisk players as a CD transport
    partnered with an outboard DAC?
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    I too have looked in the USAUDIO notes conference but hear about the
    slow drawer and the inbuilt DACs but no mention as to drives ability to
    work as a transport for CDs.
    
    It ssems to me that anything capable of spinning a bloody heavy LD
    should beable to spin a CD with the greatest of ease and be a really
    stable platform to retrieve data from. (BTW., THETA in the US also
    think so!)
    
    So far I have only seen optical connections as digital outputs(are
    there any Laserplayers with coax?)
    
    Roksan and others have proved how important a solid/isolated transport
    is but at pretty high prices........a laser disk from Sony or Pioneer
    can be had for 300 pounds or a bit more if NTSC LDS are used(450
    pounds)........still half the price of a Roksan or Meridian transport.
    
    	Any takers to do some experimenting..........If you are in Munich,
    Germany and have an outboard DAC/transport combo, then ring me and we
    can try my Sony 650 MDP LD player as a transport.........
    
    cheers fjeff
    DTN865 2095