Bang For Your Buck Best Value CD Transport

My understanding is that an off-shoot from Philips (www.daisy-laser.nl) has some sort of arrangement where either they bought all the remaining stock from Philips and still have them, or maybe even have a license to continue making them.

They seem to be offering just the diy bare essentials, but no chassis, pre-assembled boards, caps, etc. as a kit. ken@diyzone.net was offering a very nice kit that didn't require a degree in electrical engineering. Maybe possible to find a good thread at diyaudio.com, though...

A Muse Model Five or Eight. Not many available used lately on the Gon, but nicely built (except for the clunky drawer sound)and sounding transports.

Babbabob...yes, Daisy Laser just offers the CD-PRO2M mechanism. It is where ken@diyzone.net (and any other kit makers) get their transport parts...

JVC EXU-901A – OPTIMA-4 or JVC player with Optima 4s. Obviously the player must have digital out option. Optima is a super high quality with lots of metal. I believe laser is real glass. It reads everything. Very reliable.

http://www.ersatzteil.justone-schnepel.de/html/optima-4s_optima4s_jvc.html

Transport JVC EXU-901A with optima 4 was used in these models:
Victor XL-Z900
Victor XL-Z999
Reimyo CDP-777
Krell KPS 25s
Krell KPS 25sc
Phase Tech CT-1