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

You would get better performance with an Oppo followed by a Synchro-Mesh reclocker and a good BNC cable into a DAC. 7psec of jitter at the end of the cable.  Jitter is all that matters in a transport and no transport delivers jitter this low.

If you want to save money, then consider a CD player, not a transport.  Simaudio, Bryston and PSaudio are all decent choices.

Steve N.

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You must have arrived at Sim Moon by some process of elimination.  They are a very good and reliable company, who will stand behind their products.  Another Canadian company with a similar reputation is Bryston, who also make a stand-alone single box CD player.  There are more still out there than you might imagine.  If you're only interested in Red Book CD, it eliminates one extra box and the vagaries of connecting the two boxes with a cable, at which point people will immediately tell you you need a better cable.

@abstract Please just be aware that Audiogon members include manufacturers and retail dealers who are free to post in threads without identifying themselves as such. They are familiar to regular posters here.

I forgot.

Empirical Audio