I think equipment should be rated according to price ranges. For those that cannot/will not spend top money on something, it could be most helpful to rate items according to price ranges — bang for bucks — rather than simply “best I ever heard”.
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The two players I currently use as CD Transports are REALLY not bad as CD Players either... (1) Sony BDP-S2000ES A true ES unit, no SACD, coax opt. digital outputs Great transport AND standalone CD player, Slow loading gen 1.5 Blu Ray player, but worth the wait.
(2) Harman Kardon CD-990 Coax/opt outs, also RCA / XLR analog outputs w twin internal AKM dacs. Suggest sound deadening of (under) top cover with Dyna-mat or Kilmat. Refined rendition of the classic HK sound signature (as a transport) after mod. Also capable of being used as a DAC (has digital inputs). I won’t say these are giant killers, but they ARE a bit surprising as CD transports. They have replaced an OPPO UDP-203 AND a Sony UBP-X1000ES used as transports in my rack; into a Schiit Gungnir Multibit A2 DAC.
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Remote supervision by VR of truck repair I bought Nuprime CDT and I couldn't listen to it even once, it didn't work and I returned it. Then I went for my first option that I had not chosen because the price was higher than the Nuprime, and this was the Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 T, which I bought with its linear separate power supply, and even its special power cable. between transport and source. It has been one of my best investments to date, transparent liquid sound, precise and musical. A good power cable makes differences and the same a good bases in both devices |
A few weeks ago, I bought a Audiolab 9000 CDT and it is fantastic: amazing sound, great built and fair price. I have several good CD players and CD transports, but the 9000 CDT presents the music in a special way, very detailed, smooth and engaging. So far, I have paired it with two dacs: the Denafrips Pontus II and Opera Consonance DAC16, with excellent results. Some days ago arrived on the market another interesting machine, the Shanling ET3 CD transport, a top loading type with upsampling capacity and I2S output: https://darko.audio/2023/06/shanlings-et3-cd-transport-comes-with-two-twists/
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