In fact, it is difficult to find another CD player at the expensive end of the market that does not have at least one digital input. Technics SG-G700 and Naim Uniti Star are examples of CD players that have gone all the way and have streaming built in, while the McIntosh MCD600 “just” gives access to use the converter with external sources.
Playing audio files from a connected USB hard drive would also have increased the usability without being very technologically demanding. That way, the really fine digital converter could have raised the sound quality of a media streamer or other digital sources.
It comes as a surprise that Denon has not chosen to keep a cat flap open for the future by equipping the DCD-A110 with digital inputs. A player that will cover the need to show the existing CD collection from its best side in the years to come. Therefore, the Denon DCD-A110 will probably be seen as “the final investment” in a CD player. New releases on vinyl have overtaken releases on CD, and today both are niche formats compared to digital streaming and download. The CD is not dead, but it is a format that has its future behind it. The mechanics of the Denon DCD-A110 are also cherished. So if you do not already have a significant SACD collection, that should hardly be the reason to buy the player. 6,200 titles has been published in the format, and there have been virtually no new ones in the last ten years. But regardless of the fact that the Super Audio CD format allows for better sound quality than the almost 40-year-old CD format, it is an advantage that has never really been realized. The analog filter part is built with discrete components instead of operational amplifiers. All luxury parts and the craftsmanship is top notch. Among other things, it has a better power supply, a brand new DAC part with four PCM1795 converters from Burr-Brown and, last, but not least, an analog filter section built with discrete components. But audiophile pixie dust has been sprinkled over the construction to extract extra details. (Photo: Denon)Īs with the other anniversary models, Denon has taken as its starting point an existing model, in this case the DCD-2500s. On the outside, the Denon DCD-A110 looks like the cheaper DCD-2500. Anyway, all operation is done with the remote control, which can control both amplifier and player. There is what need to be there – and just that. A total of eight push buttons are scattered with a slightly random hand around the rest of the front. The front is titanium gray and dominated by a large, central display. The DCD-A110 is similar to the amplifier of the exterior (everything else would be weird, too), but is somewhat smaller and lighter. Now we turn our attention to the matching player, DCD-A110. Initially, we tested the amplifier PMA-A110, which ran off with top marks.
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We have already mentioned that Denon is celebrating its 110th anniversary by releasing a series of special models.
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