how easywouldit be to ad a digital output to a cd player without one

[The Vinyl Adventure]

ok, you gonna have to be patient with me a bit here .. any answers need to take into account my completely basic electronics knowledge

ifthere was a cd player that i liked the look of on ebay that pre dated digital outputs as a standard would it be possible to just by pass the in built dac and conect it to an exterbal one... ... or does it not work ike that?

[The Grand Wazoo]

I'll be watching this one Hamish, because it's a question that's always been nagging away in the backof my mind.
If I used smileys, I'd have put the popcorn one here!!!!

[Stratmangler]

... ... or does it not work like that?

Sounds like a lot of work on something that's likely to turn its' toes up at the slightest provocation.

I'd suggest leaving the older players alone - it ain't worth the outlay.

Chris

[Themis]

ifthere was a cd player that i liked the look of on ebay that pre dated digital outputs as a standard would it be possible to just by pass the in built dac and conect it to an exterbal one... ... or does it not work ike that?

You need to put an S/PDIF output stage into an old player that doesn't have one ? That's the problem ?

[The Vinyl Adventure]

maybe im just being nieve, but surely there has to be somewhere on a pcb where the signal is the same as it would be as it exits from a coax output?

[Themis]

maybe im just being nieve, but surely there has to be somewhere on a pcb where the signal is the same as it would be as it exits from a coax output?

I'm not a specialist, but I don't think so. Internally the signal and the clock follow different paths afaik. Only an S/PDIF stage combines them into one. But I'll stop here, hoping that a specialist will explain better.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

nothings ever bloody simple is it?!

[Themis]

nothings ever bloody simple is it?!

Well, it shouldn't be too difficult for a dac designer to do that, actually. Duncan should know how, perhaps ?

[The Vinyl Adventure]

For a numpty like me though ... ... ???

[Rare Bird]

Remember the old Mission DAD7000 player (Supercharged Philips 104)..That had it's DAC loose in the back encapsulated in resin, suppose that could be replaced if you know what you were doing.The trays in these were great..