Joy Elyse, thanks very much for sharing your impressions here. Your experience is of great value to me.
I went to Audio Asylum and found a good number of suggestions with a search for "CD transport" in the Digital Drive forum. One of them was a machine I know : the discontinued Parasound C/BD 2000, which is UHF magazine's reference. It's a belt-drive machine made by CEC. I've heard it at four shows now.
Another transport I thought was very good for the money was the Cambridge DiscMagic. I think it may still be available by special order.
The TEAC VRDS transports have a considerable number of fans. I have no idea of pricing on these.
You might try searching the archives here for more suggestions, or starting a thread on the subject.
I went to Audio Asylum and found a good number of suggestions with a search for "CD transport" in the Digital Drive forum. One of them was a machine I know : the discontinued Parasound C/BD 2000, which is UHF magazine's reference. It's a belt-drive machine made by CEC. I've heard it at four shows now.
Another transport I thought was very good for the money was the Cambridge DiscMagic. I think it may still be available by special order.
The TEAC VRDS transports have a considerable number of fans. I have no idea of pricing on these.
You might try searching the archives here for more suggestions, or starting a thread on the subject.