Audio Aero Prima 24/192 Mk II cd player......

All I can tell you is that the transport on my used Prima is totally dead according to my local audio guy. He said it would be a minor fortune to get it fixed because AA mods the transports somewhat I assume to fit the rest of it. This one has to be the older one a Philips I assume and the tube used for the output is a 6922 type. I rolled it to my liking. I can tell you this Warren I miss my Prima it made my whole system relaxed and I didn't find it forward at all. Right now I bought an older Granite which has excellent detail retrieval is musical but I miss the Prima it was sublime. I have enough clarity in the rest of my components that I don't need a super crisp CDP.
Does anyone know how I can replace the transport without going to AA? Thanks in advance.

P.S. Warren I listened very carefully once again to "broken in" Druids. Your right they are not exactly clock radios but....I start a thread to discuss that.

Mechans ;
I too have moved from the AA Prima to a Granite . I have found that the Granite is just more of everything that the Prima was . I am curious as to what about the Prima that you prefer . What speaker and amp are you using ?

The Granite?? I tried the 657 head to head with my Prima 2 and the Granite was the clear loser. My audio buddies and I were surprised at how poor it was in soundstaging and dynamics. It sounded shut-in and weak and we all agreed. I can see why Mechans wants his Prima back!

Different strokes for different folks !
I find the Granite to have more extension, detail, PRaT and musicality in my system! And I use an Audio Aero Prima Integrated amp . I would have thought that system synergy would have been a factor. It clearly was not!

Mechans: Which version of the Prima are we talking about here? From your description (6922 tubes) it seems like your (dead) player was the older MK I version. The newer version uses tiny super tubes, which are soldered in. As far as I know transports for the MK I are difficult to come by; the newer MK II has as far as I know a different transport which may or may not be replaceable at this time.

Also, there is supposedly a big difference in sound between MK I and MK I according to the Soundstage reviews.

Rene