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Looking for a Cd player/ transport.

I have a couple LG Blue Ray players outputting to a Topping d50 (Coax and/or Optical). The sound is a step above tolerable. Same songs run as FLACs thru JRiver to Topping with USB sound pretty good in comparison. Is it worth it to get a CD player/ transport $400 or under to play CDs that would out-play the JRiver Flacs? Any thoughts appreciated.


andrake
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georgehifi
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Just got the Cambridge Audio CXC transport, only early but very good so far.

Scoped the spdif output and from what I’ve seen on the net from Lampizator’s waveform shots, it has a very good output wave form 1vpp @1.5mHz
https://ibb.co/RzHbRDG

Cheers George
andrake OP
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Thanks George, and very much worth checking out.
mesch
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I believe a CD player or transport would be an improvement over the blueray players. Should equal the file playback.
mesch
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You might consider the Onkyo 7030. Sells for under $180 new. Built like a tank. Has SPDIF output for use as a transport.
andrake OP
47 posts
 
Thanks Mesch. Coincidently, that is what I dug up also. Probably give it a try.
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