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Jays Audio cdt2 mk3 burn in and user experiences

I got one to replace my Audiolab 6000cdt that was scratching discs. The Jays was disappointing sounding out of the box, wondering if I had made a good choice, the Audiolab sounded better at that point but after 24 hours the Jays is sounding much better. Jays Audio recommends burning it in for 400 hours, what is your experience with burn in? Just using the rca dig out right now. Wondering about the upgraded cd clamp. Anything else to know?

dafox
dafox OP
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@egrady 

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

egrady
138 posts
 

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.

 

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brandonhifi
70 posts
 

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

egrady
138 posts
 

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. 

no_regrets
543 posts
 

Hello,

I'm currently in the market for dedicated cd transport and the Jay's Audio is one that is currently on my short list.

However, when I consistently read that it takes 500+ hours and months of play time for this transport to "burn-in"; it is concerning to me.

It makes me wonder... does it really take that long to break in, or does it just take that long for a person's ears and audio mindset to accept the transport for what it is?  So, in other words, is it our ears breaking in to the sound of the transport and the sound of the transport really isn't changing all that much in reality.

Just honestly wondering?

The other transport on my shortlist is CEC TL-2N twin belt drive. I'm sure the same could be about the CEC or for any other transport for that matter.

Any thoughts???

Thank you and best wishes to all,

Don

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