# Emotiva ERC-4 CD Player? **URL:** \ **Category:** Transports\ **Created:** [May 21, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/emotiva-erc-4-cd-player/23756 "2021-05-21T00:17:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wudai\_e](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/wudai_e/32/127482_2.png) [@wudai\_e](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/wudai_e)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/emotiva-erc-4-cd-player/23756/1 "2021-05-21T00:17:49Z")
Not much about this player on YouTube except one sponsored video, anyone here have some experience with it? Recently overhauled my main system short of a CD transport and trying to save myself from buying the new PS Audio SACD player. ---
**Author:** ![danm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/danm/32/51196_2.png) [@danm](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/danm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/emotiva-erc-4-cd-player/23756/2 "2021-05-21T00:54:35Z")
I recall it was well reviewed in Stereophile. Edit: hmmm, that was the ERC-2 [Emotiva ERC-2 CD player | Stereophile.com](https://www.stereophile.com/content/emotiva-erc-2-cd-player) Time flies. ---
**Author:** ![SudS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/suds/32/208176_2.png) [@SudS](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/SudS)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/emotiva-erc-4-cd-player/23756/3 "2021-05-21T01:55:47Z")
I have one. I also use an Oppo BDP-95. I primarily use the Emotiva as a transport connected by digital coax to my SGCD. I typically use the Oppo for SACD and HDCD play connected to the same SGCD, but with balanced analog, thus using the Oppo’s DAC. As a transport, I think it’s a quality piece of audiophile gear for the price point, and it’s DAC is no slouch (I also have a digital coax connection with the Emotiva). A couple of negatives that really have nothing to do with sound quality. I wish it had a little more flexibility for programming; it’s fairly bare bones with regard to features. Next to the Oppo, the Emotiva is basically a disc spinner in my book. As an example, it automatically starts playing when you load a disc. No way to change that. On a side note, it’s the only remote I have that’s made out of steel. That thing can double as a weapon. Next to the remote for the SGCD, it’s like an SUV next to a skateboard. ---
**Author:** ![wudai\_e](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/wudai_e/32/127482_2.png) [@wudai\_e](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/wudai_e)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/emotiva-erc-4-cd-player/23756/4 "2021-05-22T00:25:04Z")
SudS, Thanks for the input, have you tried to use the XLR out of the Emotiva extensively and have a good impression on how it sounds? ---
**Author:** ![SudS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/suds/32/208176_2.png) [@SudS](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/SudS)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/emotiva-erc-4-cd-player/23756/5 "2021-05-22T01:05:06Z")
Sorry to say I haven’t tried XLR out of the Emotiva mainly because the [SGCD](https://www.psaudio.com/products/stellar-gain-cell-dac/) only has one pair of XLR inputs and I use that for the Oppo. Maybe I should have done more comparison, but since I have to use the analog out on the Oppo for SACD and HDCD playback, it just seemed a forgone conclusion to use the XLR on the Oppo.