CD transports


I recently started running my CD player ( Luxman D380) through my external DAC and have found a significant sonic improvement.  I wonder if I would achieve further improvement in sound quality if I traded in the Luxman and bought a dedicated CD transport ( price range 3-4 K ).

Has anyone gone down that rabbit hole?

mdrone

Yes there is another issue: space.  The Luxman is huge and my space is shrinking shortly.  You know the downsizing thing we all go through.  Probably going to move to smaller quarters in the near future.

Top-loading vs. tray-loading can have more of an impact on space issues than the size of the unit.

The Cyrus gets great reviews, but there seem to be a lot of complaints about quality and breakdowns

I heave heard about challenges with the native software for streaming but not about QC challenges with the actual hardware.  Interesting.