As a transport I wouldn’t expect much difference between the two; both used the Pioneer stable platter. Been years but I’ve had them both at home, (years ago worked at a shop that sold both) and much preferred the The Theta Data Basic Transport either one. At the time I preferred products from CAL over anything for the money and the first real CDP I owned was an ARC CD2 that easily surpassed all the above. I say sale them both and if you don’t already own a streamer, go there. My bet is a Bluesound will outperform both with the DAC you say you have, as its DAC is decent. Talking a streamer here with Tidal HiFi or other.
If you’re going to keep one then keep the Pioneer as it is a player and not just a transport. EAD DACs were ok, but their transports were just a Pioneer stuck in a heavy box really with a nice faceplate and not really much more. Sounding harsh here, and I shouldn’t as EAD was decent stuff then. I remember at the time I liked the McCormack SST-1 transport a lot too. For the money that was a nice transport.
If you’re going to keep one then keep the Pioneer as it is a player and not just a transport. EAD DACs were ok, but their transports were just a Pioneer stuck in a heavy box really with a nice faceplate and not really much more. Sounding harsh here, and I shouldn’t as EAD was decent stuff then. I remember at the time I liked the McCormack SST-1 transport a lot too. For the money that was a nice transport.