Yes, I noticed that too but the transport is made by Stream Unlimited. Bryston states that it is a professional model transport. I don't know anything else about it, how it compares with the top loaders.
Is it worth upgrading a CD player?
I’ve had my Marantz CD6002 for around 14 years and it’s still going strong. I have it connected to an Audiolab M-DAC+ and play via my Rega amp. I’m mostly vinyl but have started to playvmy CD’s more recently and wondered whether upgrading the CD player would be worth it or not, given the fact it’s played via a dedicated DAC. Am I right in thinking there would be little noticeable improvement?
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Stream Unlimited does manufacturer top loaders and tray loaders. I was just referencing the top loading CD Pro-8 drive unit specifically as it’s also selected by Gryphon and others. I have no doubt that the well respected Bryston utilizing the Stream Unlimited mechanism is exceptionally good. The key thing, in common with other top-flight CD transports is its dedication to CD playback only. There’s no attempt to be a jack of all trades multi media utility. Just strict and focused attention to Redbook CD. I bet that this dedicated Bryston is excellent. Charles |
Just found another high end player using the StreamUnlimited JPL-2800 transport which the Bryston CDP3 uses, the DCS Rossini. It's not the CD Pro-8:Blue Tiger top loader. Could it be equally good? Apparently the Optics and Traverse are the same and it is a Tiger version. Here are the available details I found:https://www.suos-hifi.com/ and https://www.suos-hifi.com/_files/ugd/a83b4d_bd03da721f94481582667f1ab980f2c5.pdf |
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@charles1dad It seems to me that Srajan did a review a couple of months ago of the Jays CDT3 Mk.3 and a new Jays DAC. If I recall correctly, the upshot of it all is that he was favorably impressed with the DAC but the transport was meh compared to the CDT2 Mk.3. By meh I mean that he heard very little soundwise to justify its twice price. I’m sure others see it differently. BTW, I contacted Felix Jirousek at SU to get a list of all currently available transports using the CD8 and it turns out that Audionet is also making one (the Plank). What may be obvious to you but was not to me was that it turns out that not all CD8 equipped drives are fitted with the Blue Tiger 84 servo.I’m pretty sure the Aqua uses a different servo, for instance. How big a deal that would be I cannot even guess. |
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