Advice on CD transport

+1 to thyname for his apology to georgehifi and +1 to georgehifi for graciously accepting the apology. We need more civility like this on these threads.
Great thread and very timely. My Linn Unidisk SC just died. It won't read Cds anymore, so I am in the market for a new player or transport also. Thank you cjlundberg for starting this discussion and thanks to all the posters who are offering advice.

I solved the CD transport problem some 5 years ago . Discovered Space-Tech Laboratory. They make a transport taking a cd rom drive which you can replace for peanuts. The AES output is better than any transport I have heard including a top of the line Teac. Price is also good.
Problem solved.

@hilde45

No I have not done the tweaking due to music room being gutted and redone.

I bought the v2 simply because the v1 was no longer available. Also I can't speak to any differences between them, although I have read that there is virtually no difference.  If the difference in cost $6000 vs $4000 I would go with a good used piece.  But, the difference between $600 and $400 is negligible.  Especially when my darling wife thinks nothing of spending $200 on hair and nails on a regular basis. \8-)

Especially when my darling wife thinks nothing of spending $200 on hair and nails on a regular basis.

Yeah!! you gotta turn a blind eye to that one, otherwise it end in no goodies for hubby, or worse a divorce.

Cheers George

I had Theta separates for awhile and enjoyed the sound.  You can find a Theta transport online for a decent price.  I also had a Sonic Frontiers SFT-1 transport that was excellent.  I've seen a few of those floating around online as well.  I've heard good things about the Audiolab 6000CDT and it's very affordable.
When I went from a dedicated 2-ch system to a Home Theater system I ended up selling my Theta gear and purchasing a OPPO BDP95.  The sound was fantastic.  Plus it plays SACD and DVD-Audio discs (as well as DVD and BluRay).  I upgraded to the 205 for my Home Theater when they came out and moved my 95 downstairs to front a 2-ch system that I've put together in my Living Room.  They are fantastic products.
You can find the 95 and 105 at decent prices online (like eBay) but don't bother with the 205 unless you want to drop some serious coin.  Now that OPPO is no longer making them the 205's shot up in price and are selling for as much as 3 - 4 times their original retail price.  It's crazy.