Your top ten CD transport???

Dazzdax, it is not necessary to use the I2S interface to get best results. I have had excellent results with the RCA and XLR outputs as well. Using the XLR output the transport can upsample to 24/96 if you wish, which my current Monarchy M24 DAC can read. I use a Creative Cable Concepts Silver Bullet for the RCA digital cable and the new Music Note (from Star Sound Technology) for the XLR digital cable.

I just bought the North Star DAC because I'm very interested in comparing my current cables to the I2S interface. With the I2S output the North Star will allow me to upsample to 24/192 as well if I wish. I predominantly prefer plain old Redbook, but I'm having some fun with the flexibility the transport provides.

Interesting thread. We sure like the Metronome Kalista....a lot! I've always been an analog guy until Kalista. Easily the most strikingly beautiful piece of audio gear I've ever dealt with - Museum of Modern Art aesthetics.

To comment on Teajays notes - I had a chnace to audition an acoustic arts and Kalista and the diff was heard in the first note.

Also there is fabulous piece : THE GOLDMUND TRANSPORT worth about 50K$$$ the rack his a part of the whole drive, i think it's in the reference serie.
Steeve did you work on broken CEC TL1 DRIVE? mine stop spining cd....

Interesting thread indeed. I'd venture a guess that most importers and/or retailers like the gear they represent.

It would be unusual if it were not the case.

Just a hunch of course.

Steve
Can you add I2S to any existing dac/transport?