Heard, repaired, upgraded more than 50 transports. The Project was the best of the bunch, simply no contest. The Jays is very good but a different sound. Rega Saturn a cheaper alternative and especially once modified. We have compared the streamers from Auralic and Aurender and while they also sound good, the Project transport was simply better. I also know the modified Flatfish. Brian Charney had one. Excellent but you will need to invest a lot of money to get it there as stated above. The cheaper recommendations above our good players but just do not produce the sound quality of the better transports.
Happy Listening.