old multýbýt DAC ýn new external DAC box

[sergiof]

Fýrst of all, please forgýve my ýgnorance on the subject, but ýndeed I'm too newb on thýs, and my ýdea now comes deeply attached to the curýosýty, and completely out of knowledge.

Recently I acquýred a Phýlýps CD304 (MkI), user of the TDA1540, and I got astonýshed wýth the sound that came out of ýt. I was pretty sure that the qualýty of ýt dýdn't come out of the DAC alone, but that a very býg contrýbutýon was gýven by ýt. The problem ýs that the exceptýonal CDM0 ýs not ýn ýts best days, and plenty of týmes ýt gets too temperamental, an decýdes not to play.

On the other hand, I also owe a beautýfuly made Sony DVP9000ES, whých made me happy for all these days...

As thýngs are now, a doubt came to me. Is ýt possýble for me to open the 304 and "remove" all that ýs not a transport, so that ý would make an external DAC that ý would connect to the Sony? How badly jitter would be introduced with the usage of a optical/coaxial cable?

And ýf possible, how can ý do ýt? Has anybody experience and enough patýence to help a newb out of thýs?

Thank you ýn advance!

[analog_sa]

The jitter due to the cable is the least of your worries. You will be forced to introduce an spdif receiver circuit which will probably kill most of what you find attractive in the sound. Leave the rest to the Sony transport

[rfbrw]

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Originally posted by sergiof

And ýf possible, how can ý do ýt? Has anybody experience and enough patýence to help a newb out of thýs?

Thank you ýn advance!

Definitely possible but not a task for a newb, but if said newb is a whizz at digital design......