CD Transport
I’m looking for a cd transport (my DAC is the Bricasti M1 S2). I’m considering this 3 options; Audiolab 9000CDT, Primare DD35 and Teac 701T.
Your opinions, please.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Yeah, I’ve seen others say the same thing about NuPrime’s nonexistent customer service that is inexcusable and would definitely make it a no go for me especially as there are several other viable options from companies who actually care about their customers. Plus, I’ll never buy another product from a company that doesn’t support its products — looking at you iFi. |
For those who feel CD transports do not sound different, I invite you to our listening room where we have Audiomeca Mephisto II, Metronome, Marantz, Cary, and a bunch of streamers to compare with your own ears. The crowd you're addressing is adamantly opposed to utilizing using those odd cartilaginous formations on either side of their heads for anything other than keeping their glasses from falling off their faces. If you ever read through threads on ASR, you'll encounter a cockiness and pervasive disdain for anyone who does not belong to their "hearing is not believing" cult. Clearly, these folks have a huge amount of emotional investment in the sense of superiority they derive from membership.
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There’s a new, in box Esoteric SA-60 for sale on A’gon for $2,698: Esoteric SA-60 Its DAC is now outdated but it would still make for a killer CD transport. I have an Esoteric DV-50S connecting into a Denafrips Venus II DAC for CD playback. Esoterics are built like tanks. |
Out of all the things you listed above I would think the Teac one will be best since Teac and Esoteric make one of the best if not the best disc transports in the world within their price ranges respectively. I know for sure the Esoteric made the absolute best disc (CD & SACD) transports. Teac owns Esoteric and the latter is basically the high end line of former. it’s kinda like Toyota and Lexus with Teac being Toyota and Esoteric being Lexus.
However, like verdantaudio has pointed out above that Bricasti has recently released the M9 CD/SACD transport to match with and to go with your Bricasti M1 S2 DAC. So, that being said the Bricasti disc transport will be your best option for your Bricasti DAC and will yield the best sonic quality for your DAC. |
