CD transports; do they really matter

Coincidentally, Ayre Acoustics released a new CD player today, the CX-8.

Also apparently  Ayre's best DAC  is on board, and includes both streaming connectivity in, as well as digital and analog out.

Interesting....

Why not try listening to one in your system ? 

the transport matters. big time, interconnect too, defies logic, really wish it weren‘t so. Take @stuartk‘s sage advice and see for yourself.

If you can‘t hear a difference count yourself very lucky..

There is no longer a compelling reason to buy a CD player unless you love playing with physical things.

The arguments for streaming are manifold, however this is not a universally held view. See threads discussing this issue.

The difficult piece is finding a dealer who will send me a transport to sample in my system.  Obviously that would be the simple way to determine if there is any improvement compared to my current CD player.