CD Transports


Since CD transports just spin the discs, would I be justified in spending a lot of money on one, or buy a reasonably priced one (both units being well respected), and put the extra money into a more expensive DAC?
daj2832
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.
I can say as a casual entrant into the field of digital playback, the transport does make a difference.
That’s because of the jitter created from the output as I’ve shown in my above post, and that Lampizator explains.
Cheers George
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