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Need help with choosing a transport.

Currently I'm using a Rega Apollo purely as a transport and would like to replace it with a dedicated transport. I figure to be able to sell the Apollo for ~ $700 which I can turnaround and put into a transport. Here's the question: What's the best transport -- detailed, balanced, accurate, holographic, reliable -- $700 will buy?
pmboyd
pmboyd OP
391 posts
 
Lo and behold, I found an old California Delta transport looking through my gear closet. Hooked it up. Not as detailed and holographic as the Rega Apollo -- flat, congested, poor bass control.
pmboyd OP
391 posts
 
Oh, and edgy too, the California Delta -- harsh when listening to a string quartet, for instance.
steveaustin
57 posts
 
Could be that the Delta really only shines with it's accompanying Alpha DAC? (which is all I've ever had it hooked up to ... the proverbial 'synergistic' match up)

Tonyptony and Casouza bring up some really good points above about avoiding a transport you can't get repaired in the future.

Oh, and I wish I could say I have a 'gear closet' where I stumble on forgotten things like transports! Must be nice :-) I love when I occasionally unearth something cool that I totally forgot I still had, but it's usually just the odd tube or cable something ....
pmboyd OP
391 posts
 
Steveaustin, Well, I managed to find an improvement in the CAL Delta by flipping the phase switch on my TADAC and adjusting its "tubyness." I can live with it, for the time being at least. I think I'll wait for a CEC TL51X to come up used.
pmboyd OP
391 posts
 
The Apollo just plain digs deeper into the music than the CAL Delta.
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