CD/Transport W/ External DAC

In my opinion in my tube system, and SS system, a better transport will make a large sonic difference. For whatever reason a belt driven transport sounds better.
If you purchase a CDP, the investment is split between the transport and the Dac; this does not make any sense to me if you’re interested in sonics.
Either go with a belt driven transport and your Dac, or with a good belt driven CDP.
Regards,

Yes, definitely......... transports are the start of the music chain. Information not retrieve at this stage will never be recovered at a later stage. A better (or more expensive??) built transport will minimise this. Do not neglect the importance of supports for the transport as well for eg: Aurios MIBs or Symposium RBs. IMO this should be factored into the cost of buying the new CDP........ enjoy.

I recently acquired a Vecteur L 4.2 CD player. After listening to it as a player and as a transport (into my Audio Note DAC 1 Signature) I have found that the unit functions best with the Audio Note DAC.

Regards,

Carl

Thanks for all your responses,I will now be on the look out for a better CDP or Tranport. Any sugestions?

CEC makes some great equipment and it's belt driven.
Good luck,