Jays Audio cdt2 mk3 burn in and user experiences

This was listed in the specifications section of the Jays website.

“** Redbook CD transport only. Doesn't support HDCD/SACD/DSD”

@egrady 

What do you think of the oppo compared to the Jay's transport?

With the Oppo I’m using HDMI, with the Jay’s AES/EBU. In addition, the Jay’s goes directly to my Berkeley whereas the Oppo goes through a GeerFab HDMI converter. Given there are differences, CD’s sound better through the Jay’s. I bought the Jay’s just for CD and I’m thrilled with it.

Regarding HDCD, at the time I bought mine their website didn’t address HDCD. I asked them about it, and I really didn’t think they understood what I was talking about. While they gave me a bunch of double talk, they finally did address it on their website.

I purchased the Jay's Audio MK3-CDT3 back in August, after continual listening it's just begun being broken in now... 😂

I believe I've finally found an answer to the HDCD question. According to Stereophile Jay's may be using dither with 16/44. The HDCD signal is passed only if the information on the HDCD encoded CD is passed in its original form. So, if dither is applied, or if the 16/44 signal is upscaled, the HDCD encode won't pass. 

Sometime back I replaced my GeerFab with an Audiopraise Vanity Pro. The APVP was a game changer. The HDMI signal sent from my Oppo to the APVP, then to my Berkeley DAC via AES/EBU, resulted in better CD sound quality than from the Jay's directly to the Berkeley. It makes no sense, but it did. I sold the Jay's.