Transport--Used PS Audio PerfectWave or New Teac VRDS 701T????


Has anyone compared these options for a CD transport? They are within a few hundred dollars of each other(used PS Audio and new Teac VRDS). I like new for mechanical devices, but used 2022 PS Audio units are available. SACD is nice but I don't own any. Teac has step down tech from i't sister company Esoteric, but I don't know anything about the PerfectWave transport. I want the transport to play my current CDs as I am mainly a streamer. Please comment if you have an informed opinion on either. Thanks!!

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I would not buy a PS Audio or any used transport unless there are replacement transports available. I know PSA used to use an OPPO drive which is no longer made. If they are, I would ask PSA if they will sell you one as a spare. 

I have read that PS Audio uses a D and M drive. Once I reserched it, I found it is a Dennon and Marantz "D & M" drive. I don't find in the reviews that the D and M drive is better than the Teac/Esoteric VRDS system. It is interesting that Teac believes that their drives are a competitive advantage and therefore have stopped selling them to other OEMs. I would think Teac would be in a great position to offer support, but the comments above about their poor support are concerning. Any other Goners have experience?

For what it's worth, as well as PS Audio, I have 2 home Marantz CD players and 3 Marantz Professional CD players, and they have performed flawlessly for many years. Sounds like many, but I have several systems in 6 different rooms.

@wokeuptobose TEAC is still selling/providing CD drives to many other audio manufactures such as Innuos, BelCanto, and others.