BEST CD TRANSPORT

The beauty of the manual loading trays is that they don't wear out. The internal mechanism guiding the laser will though. Probably the optical unit itself will wear out first though. I would advise anyone just now buying a unit to purchase extra optical units. They can be found on Ebay and such, and there are Youtube videos showing how to replace.

By the way, I am not suggesting that these Transports and DACs in the $5,000.00 range are equal in quality or performance to the units costing 2-5 times more.

Where can I get a brand new Pro-Ject RS2 transport? It seems like no one has one in stock…

It appears that TEAC has recently released the VRDS 701TB CD Transport. The US MSRP is  ~$2700. Has anyone heard this TEAC transport? I'm interested in how this compares sonically to the Jays Audio CDT2 Mk3, and the CEC TL5. 

Just keep in mind some really expensive transports (and DAC's) use junk wall-wort p-s and you will need to buy an extra box to get a real power supply.

I don't believe that all wall wart SMPS (Switching  mode power supplies) are the same. Like literally everything concerning audio it depends on the level of execution/implementation. The Pro-Ject RS2T transport comes standard with a wall wart power supply (SMPS)  and sounds fabulous. Better than my really fine P.S.Audio PWT which has a linear power supply (LPS).

Yes you can further improve the. RS2T with a good quality external LPS.  A nice option but by no means mandatory. The stock SMPS  with the RS2T is very well done.

Charles