The 975 were made in low numbers in comparison to the 965BX. The 975 originally retailed around £450 but looked identical to the 965. Doubt if there is much difference in SQ between the two. My 975 became defunct in 2004 when I replaced it with the Arcam CD73.
Original Price:$1,800.00
I have a sony tv and use the tv remote to control my ps3
My point was that DVD/Blu-ray players tend to be slower and noisier than CD players.
as already mentioned, i have an older dvd player, it's slow and have some bugs where it won't stop when pressing the stop button and some other stuff.
I thought of it as a cheaper way of getting a new cd player, if i buy a dvd player compared to a new cdplayer which could be £130 for something like a Cambridge audio Topaz AM5, if i don't like the sound i could always find a used dac and pay no more than £1200 total (£130 would only get me the cheapest from a well known brand like cambridge audio if i want a new cdplayer)
You already have one you don't want to use. Personally I therefore think that buying a CD player is far more likely to give you what you actually seem to be after. If you do decide to buy a DAC then £100 would probably be enough and £200 would buy you a good performing brand new DAC. Spending £1000 on a DAC to use with you're current speakers would be getting priorities totally the wrong way round IMHO.
That is not an incase, its a stone cold certainty if you go for one of the lower end Cambridge Topaz CD players. I bought a Topaz cd10, 3 years ago and it sounded disgusting, so much so I got shot of it after a week. It was easily beaten on SQ by a 90s Cambridge CD500SE a friend lent me.
