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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
mdrone OP
114 posts
 

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.

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twoleftears
5,313 posts
 

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

mdrone OP
114 posts
 

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

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verdantaudio
1,469 posts
 

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

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audio-union
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