CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE

 a cheaper alternative to their trans, but can be used as one:

Project DS3 Standard sheet metal housings are not torsion-resistant and mechanical accurate enough to mount a sensitive CD drive where the laser position has to be correct all the time. Our massive aluminium chassis provides the best basis for the CD drive and our Blue Tiger CD-80 servo developed by Stream Unlimited is the most advanced on the market.

Switch to I2S

Had to buy a cd version of The Fixx “Reach the Beach” album because all of the songs on the album are no longer available on either Tidal or Qobuz. I still play cds as well as stream and I rip all cds onto Roon Nautilus.  Sorry a little off point…

My ps audio transport drawer stopped functioning, and didn’t think it was worth the shipping and repair costs.  Had stored all of my cds to roon core and subscribed to the principle that digital coming off solid state medium rather from a spinning disc was inherently superior.  Bought the project r2 transport special from underwood.  Without hyperbole, found the music superior to my network/streaming to the dac.  The transport came a day earlier than the digital rca, had an old mit 350 rca cable.  Even better than the digital cable

@tennisdoc56 

  "the transport came a day earlier than the digital era..."

The Digital era started with CDs.