Is this do-able ??

[kendt]

I had an idea but I dont know if it can work. I have an older YBA cd player that I,ve always really liked. Since the digital age I prefer to just stream.(guess I,ve gotten Lazy) I am just getting together some bits to build a streamer with my rpi2.One of the items I need is an enclosure and the cd player chassis could be a good candidate. What I wondered though is can the transport section of the player be removed but still use the dac section. My thought was to mount the pi in the empty space from the transport and run the signal through the dac section.There may also be some leftover power sources on the board that could be used for the pi.. Any thoughts?

 

[Ken Newton]

This is probably feasible if the transport and the DAC elctronics are on independent circuit boards. It may even be feasible if they occupy a common board, but would likely require irreversible damage to the board to implement. The key acccess point will be the standardized 3-wire digital audio interface buss which typically interfaces digital audio source streams to audio DAC chips. Even if you can isolate the DAC section, there may be other signals which are needed to control the DAC section from the transport section, or from an microcontroller located somewhere off the DAC section.

Overall, I strongly suspect that you would be in for much more bother than you might expect. I very much doubt this project would be worth the time and effort.

 

[kendt]

Hmm thanks for the input.. I had a hunch it may be a huge PITA but thought I'd ask.Id rather re-purpose it than sell it for peanuts.I will do some more searching on the net to see if I can find anyone who has tried this sort of thing.

 

[abraxalito]

If you can locate the service manual a more definite answer may be given.

 

[kendt]

I wouldnt even know where to begin looking for that. I did find on instructables someone who did the same thing but with a different player.