Jay’s Audio CD Transport

@fthompson251 

Hello and thank you for your reply.  

Yes, you are absolutely correct. Not only is the Aero missing aes, but also the IS2 output that many people enjoy.  

However, even with that being said, the Aero has been highly thought of by many, and it has been said that its sound reproduction punches well above its weight class. 
 

Im thinking I will use the coax for cd playback and the usb from streaming at some point in the future.  
 

Also, at least in my case, digital will be my secondary source of music, so I’m not too worried about not having every available input connection type. 
 

Thank you again for your post 👍

Best wishes,

Don

@no_regrets Yes the Aero doesn't upsample, the Jay CDT 3MK3 does, and the Aero just takes the digital (172.4kHz).

@ja_kub_sz 

Hi! Thank you for helping me understand that only the Jay’s Audio transports do the upsampling and the Aero simply receives that 172khz and does not upsample any further.  
 

I have learned that both the CDT2 (via remote) and the CDT3 (via switch on the back panel) upsample to 172khz 👍

Im curious, I noticed in your photo that you have the Jay’s on a middle shelf.  Does that make it difficult or inconvenient for you when switching out cd’s?

Which Jay’s transport are you using?

How does it sound with the Aero and which digital out are using?

Best wishes,

Don

@ja_kub_sz Noticed you have a Dac 200 sitting there. How do you like it vs the Aero? I like LTA stuff so imagine their Dac is no different. I just added the Teac 701t to go with the Dac 200 and really like it. 

@no_regrets I've been moving gear around and was demoing CD players and transports, so the Jay CDT3/3 was there just because. It'll be too shelf eventually.

Speaking of transports the Teac VRDS 701 is stellar and I have the CG-10 clock and like it more then the Jay. DAC is excellent, preamp functions as well make it a better value.

The DAC200 is great and again preamp functions as well make it a great value all around, but I love above all else sound stage depth and expansive music rendering. The Aero (Tung Sol 1945 6SN7) is excellent. To my ears detail isn't lacking compared to the DAC200, but the sound is much "larger" front to back and side to side, and I'm not embellishing this when I listen to my headphones with the Z10E and Aero, I'm literally looking over my shoulder sometimes hearing an all encompassing and 3D soundstage like nothing else I've heard before. It's just incredible (Meze Empyrean 2 and pure silver cable). The Aero has a little less snap and immediacy compared to the DAC200, but I sold the DAC200 and the Aero is my dedicated headphone DAC.

I just got the Grimm MU2 and waiting the Matrix Audio MS-1. I have the Mola Tambaqui, which I love, but I'm really interested in DAC's as of lately it seems. I want to get my two systems flushed out and then maybe look for tube Monoblocks.