Best low priced transport

Bigkidz, its some what out of your budget, however the new CEC belt transport, it retails for $1000.00, but you might get lucky and get a demo/used one for alot less, has a performance which is amazing and is very well built. Either of your DACS would be a great matchup with this transport sonicly, so you might consider putting on your audition list.

Go and get a Conrad johnson DR-1, this was my first transport, have since moved on, great thing is it has a very well made digital volume control, so you can go right into your amp, if you want too, good luck,Mac

Hi Peter,how about a Panasonic S47 DVD player modded by EVS?Good luck,Bob

I just bought a sony dvp-s7000($75) from pawn shop to try with a msb link dac i bought on a-gon($300) - the sound was good but the pioneer pd-54 stable platter cd player($120 e-bay) i already had sounds better to me - I find the soundstage to be bigger and the sound smoother & more musical (Sony has always seemed sterile and brighter to me)

I agree with Bwhite. The Sony CDP-X707ES/CDP-X779ES(about the same) are some of the best for the money. I had the CDPX779ES since 1993 and just send it to Alex in APL for full mod (you can still use it as transport).It should be back next month. Also,TEAC VRDS cd players are very good if you can find one like VRDS-10,20,25.
Good luck.