A new cd transport


I presently own a Musical Fidelity A3 24 DAC using a Marantz CD6000 OSE LE as a transport. I am now thinking of upgrading the transport to a CEC TL51. Any comments on this combination in terms of sound quality?
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I have done shootouts with modified MF A3 and Perpetual Tech P-3A. I found both of them to benefit from low-jitter transports. The de-jitter circuits are really not that effective. I do digital mods to reduce jitter, so I have transports with very low jitter. See this post on audiocircle:
http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewtopic.php?t=1998&sid=7263fca45e595f9d7123f1c1ffb4bc5a

I would recommend a low-jitter transport or just mod the one that you have.
Just another query: How lasting are belt-drive CD players? Do the belts need servicing and replacement? If so, how frequent is that?
I don't think you will have to worry about the belt as a potential for servicing. If you kept the transport for 10 years, then you may want to replace the belt. But even so you may not need to then. I don't think this should be an issue on a CEC or other belt drive transports, although even if it needed replacing, you could easily do it yourself.