I’m going to be doing a lot of listening a/b comparing today but it isn’t looking good for the cxc.
The transport / cd should def sound better than the bluesound so I don’t know whats going on here. The highs on the cxc (and the cdt) are rolled off in comparison to the bluesound.
a quick rundown of my setup...
-Cullen crossover pc into an Anthem I225 with SR blue fuses
-Cullen gold into a schiit gungir multibit
-fritz carrera be on sturdy dyn stands
ap solo crystal speaker cables, ap solo crystal xlr’s
-treated room
-amazon hd (only comparing non high res tracks.
Im at a loss here. I want to have another source besides the bluesound but it can’t sound inferior. I started a thread awhile back about vinyl vs cd and decided to go cd mainly because of the cost of lp’s...
not sure what to do here. I don’t want to spend $600on a transport that just sounds decent. I could grab any $200-$300 cd player with digi out and achieve that.
ona side note, you can not get the cxc for $400 anymore. That was v1. All v2’s are $600 and to my knowledge are only aesthetically different from v1. If this transport were only $300 I’d probably just keep it.
I’m seeing higher grade transports for $600-$1200 used but am concerned about how long they’d last being that most are already 5-10 years old.
I was thinking Bluesound Vault but the comment about reliability has me concerned.
Are there any transports used, in the $800-$1200 range that are going to be a step up from the cxc that have parts readily available if something happens?
Thank You everyone for your help with this. Its much appreciated!
The transport / cd should def sound better than the bluesound so I don’t know whats going on here. The highs on the cxc (and the cdt) are rolled off in comparison to the bluesound.
a quick rundown of my setup...
-Cullen crossover pc into an Anthem I225 with SR blue fuses
-Cullen gold into a schiit gungir multibit
-fritz carrera be on sturdy dyn stands
ap solo crystal speaker cables, ap solo crystal xlr’s
-treated room
-amazon hd (only comparing non high res tracks.
Im at a loss here. I want to have another source besides the bluesound but it can’t sound inferior. I started a thread awhile back about vinyl vs cd and decided to go cd mainly because of the cost of lp’s...
not sure what to do here. I don’t want to spend $600on a transport that just sounds decent. I could grab any $200-$300 cd player with digi out and achieve that.
ona side note, you can not get the cxc for $400 anymore. That was v1. All v2’s are $600 and to my knowledge are only aesthetically different from v1. If this transport were only $300 I’d probably just keep it.
I’m seeing higher grade transports for $600-$1200 used but am concerned about how long they’d last being that most are already 5-10 years old.
I was thinking Bluesound Vault but the comment about reliability has me concerned.
Are there any transports used, in the $800-$1200 range that are going to be a step up from the cxc that have parts readily available if something happens?
Thank You everyone for your help with this. Its much appreciated!