2. digital
  3. 169239-2383

older CD transport vs newer ones.

I added a fairly inexpensive CD transport to my DCS Rossini DAC/Clock and am shocked how much better it sounds spinning a disc vs streaming it.  It's not even a close call.  I was thinking of bettering my CD transport and was looking at options such at the Jay's CD transport.  There are also options such as Mark Levinson 31.5 which was a 10K unit in it's day.  Any thoughts on the best way to go?  I get a little worried about one of these older units breaking and not being able to get it fixed.  
128x128ejlif
majorc
76 posts
 
my cd rips played from my computer's hard drive sound better than the cds played from the transports.


Sorry that's impossible if the same transport and CD!!!! was used to do the copy with, and both were using the same dac, and exactly the same digital link up to the dac. 


George may be correct.  I listened to CD s from my computer's transport and then the ripped files that were made from that transport - they sound identical.  However, both sound MUCH better than any external transport connected to the same dac.  External transport using coax computer USB.  Computer software foobar.   

arcticdeth's avatar
arcticdeth
1,572 posts
 
All transport does is spin the cd and a laser reads it, signal to your dad.

   Don’t waste money on a CD player without a dac. The tascam CD player is good and reliable, the sound comes from your dac,  

save money, spend it on music
charles1dad's avatar
charles1dad
10,250 posts
 
  • "All transport does is spin the cd and a laser reads it, signal to your dad.

       Don’t waste money on a CD player without a dac. The tascam CD player is good and reliable, the sound comes from your dac," 
If this has been your listening experience,  so be it. This is the antithesis of mine.
Charles 

facten
2,875 posts
 
+1 Charles
arcticdeth's avatar
arcticdeth
1,572 posts
 
We use McCormack UDP-1  and. Pioneer elite dv-79av
will put the elite up against any (almost) CD player out there. 
More to discover