CD Transports

If you own the Direct Stream DAC, then you have a device which uses a FPGA for excellent jitter reduction. 

I posted this response on your other thread that asks roughly the same question -

A few months ago I had the same decision point (transport v dac). After a lot of research and listening to different transports, I decided to go with a an Onkyo CD changer for approx. $140 (gf likes changers) as a transport only with a digital out going into a separate DAC (at that time a Jolida tube DAC).

I listened to Cambridge and an Oppo units (used as transports) and compared it with the Onkyo and could hear no difference into the same external DAC, so I decided spending money on a (more) expensive transport was not worth it to my ears.

I'm no expert, but I have read that the only real issue to be concerned about with a CD transport is jitter. Using this thinking, most newer DACs reclock in the DAC itself, so jitter from a transport would be (generally) immaterial if using a newer DAC. If using an older DAC, you could consider a reclocker.

In any event, I couldn't hear a difference in transports. YMMV, IMHO, etc.

I owned the cheap Cambridge CXC transport it sounded great but I felt I could do better and upgraded to the Simaudio moon 260T (about 2K ) it was not a day and night difference but it is better in every area than the CXC .A good coax and power chord cables are a must of course.

daj2832
CD Transports

Here is a great read on transports, and how they differ, look esspecially at the scope shots down the bottom of the digital output wave form of the spdif output, here lays the answers.
http://lampizator.eu/LAMPIZATOR/TRANSPORT/CD_transport_DIY.html

This is my new Cambridge Audio CXC transport I sent Lampizator this pic of it, and he said. https://ibb.co/fXSQKxK
" this is as perfect as it gets. and the speed is exactly 1,41 MHz. Regards Łukasz Fikus"

Cheers George

I’m an analog guy in a digital world... but I decided to finally install a digital front end in my main system. I used an Oppo BDP 95 as an interim step, with a Border Patrol DAC. I bought the entry level CEC transport and it sounds better than the Oppo. (The Oppo is a great value for what it is an all in one universal player). So, without having both feet firmly planted in the digital world, I can say as a casual entrant into the field of digital playback, the transport does make a difference.