pro-ject cd box rs2 vs jays audio cd2 mk3

Jays Transport all the way.

@ dreas     An i2s input is on a sharp increase in usage.  Even the new Topping D90SE @ $899 has one.  

@ tarheel, that Dac sounds like it’s got incredible specs. And it can act as a preamp. And it’s built in China! Is China surpassing the West with the delivery of the D90SE?

@coltrane1  the Topping uses a three+ y/o chipset, albeit the flagship ESS ES9038PRO.  I have no idea how well its implementation stacks up to the same chipset implementation in my Cocktail Audio X45PRO, but at 15% of what mine cost, it must, I think, be a better value.  Plus, the topping has the i2s input, and mine doesn’t.  

I have the Project cd Transport paired with a Chord Quetest DAC and it sounds amazing. I haven’t upgraded the external power supply yet but I am really satisfied with Project’s stellar performance. I now prefer it’s sound over streaming through my Bluesound Node 2i. Where before I was using a Electrocompanient cd player’s digital out and I preferred the streaming over it.