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A good cd transport for my Chord HugoTT2 DAC with Chord M-Scaler

I recently acquired a Luxman L-595A integrated amp and moved my trusty L-509u to my second system along with my Simaudio Moon 260d cd transport.  I need a new cd transport (or player used as a transport) to go with my Chord Hugo TT2 DAC and Chord M-Scaler.

I was considering the PS Audio SACD transport, but most of my CDs are Red Book  and I own a very small number of SACDs.  

I love the build quality of Luxman products.  Would it be crazy to use a Luxman D-03x CDP as a transport?  It is about 2/3 of the price of the PS Audio SACD transport.

toronto416
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curiousjim
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Depending on your price range, You can get an Audiolab 6000CDT that actually sounds good going into a good DAC. They also have a 9000CDT, for more money.  If your budget allows, check out PS Audio or Jays.  Jays is probably the best I’ve ever heard.

All the best.

toronto416 OP
230 posts
 

I am seriously considering the Luxman D-10x to pair with my L-595ASE integrated amp driving my Verity Audio Parsifal Ovation speakers. 

jimmyblues1959
149 posts
 

Another excellent choice for playing Redbook CDs would be a Naim CDi.  I still have my late Dad's and it's a great sounding CD player which can be had for around a  $1000US in nice condition. Naim no longer repairs them but I believe that there are aftermarket companies that do. Best of luck with your search for a CD player. 👍

vinylvalet
902 posts
 

The Shanling ET3 has been a recent, well regarded choice.

Shanling ET3 CD Transport

antmou
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Did you finally find what you are looking for.

Exact same situation here, moon 260d feeding a hugo mscaler and tt2.

I realized that the 260d is good but maybe is a bottleneck in my system. Absolutely no differences on the same songs switching from the 260d to an Aurender n150 streamer, so very strange….always thought a transport would be better than a stream. So 260d bottleneck ?

did you finally compare something to the 260d and what did you find out ?

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