Please help me figure out what I need to do this. My head spins with tech talk..

I think we really need some more information from the OP to make better recommendations for them

Budget?
Why pick the Moon 260dt? Great deal they have found somewhere?

With a price difference of $1000 between 260dt and 260d, you can get a darned good DAC and digital ic and still have some dollars left.

However on the flip side there are some mighty fine machines out there in that price range of which the Moon may well not be the best at all.

So please let us know the answers so we can help you further.

Yes,originally I was looking at the 260Dt..the transport only..that was before I realized the whole world of audio had changed as far as CD players since my last purchase and that it was just a transport..and that I would need a DAC..so that would mean the 260D... which then put me into a whole other pricepoint...$3,000 which I am not sure I want to do..If I knew for sure it was my forever sound player I would eat P,B & J for sonic bliss, but I can't know that for sure until I live with it. My standards are high..I am coming off a CD player I adore(d)..a BAT vk-d5 which even after all this time and age I would still keep..a lush tube sound, but the transport needs replacing & the technician told me that it's possible that the factory that produced the transports was demolished by a tsunami.So I need that confirmation then act fast.I can't survive long without music.
I don't care much about HOW it works as well as how WELL(beautifully) it works.(I think that's a female thing)

If you want to buy used the music room has a BAT vk-D5SE  8 years old with a 24 bit upgrade for $2000, might could trade some old componet you no longer use or try to negotiate with them.