Found the PS Audio Lambda CD Transport in Goodwill store for $59.00!!!
I guess this was almost $1800 back in 1992 or thereabouts?!
The matching DAC was sitting right there too but I rejected it!
Online review from back then said the DAC was very good for the price but there were one or two better ones available elsewhere. I figured with the subsequent 30 years there must be A LOT of better ones by now!? Don't tell me if I made the wrong decision! :)
So anyways, sounds mostly great from what I can tell. I miss having no remote. The CD drawer is a bit noisy.
Found the remote on Ebay! It's on its way home now! I did have to add $100 to what it is really worth, but I will forget about that soon enough.
An Ebay seller in Germany even has a plastic gear available to rebuild the CD drawer. Once 10 cents, now 25 Euros, haha! Requires some thought, but I haven't ruled it out yet!
So with the remote I may be able to do a better A-B test vs. my Marantz CD player that is perhaps 10 years old.
I am hoping the PS can win. At least I am the only kid on the block who has one!